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| n. (person) | 1. dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean | a performer who dances professionally. | 
|  | ~ ballet dancer | a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company. | 
|  | ~ ballet master | a man who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company. | 
|  | ~ ballet mistress | a woman who directs and teaches and rehearses dancers for a ballet company. | 
|  | ~ belly dancer, exotic belly dancer, exotic dancer | a woman who performs a solo belly dance. | 
|  | ~ chorine, chorus girl, showgirl | a woman who dances in a chorus line. | 
|  | ~ dance master, dancing-master | a professional teacher of dancing. | 
|  | ~ hoofer, stepper | a professional dancer. | 
|  | ~ kachina | a masked dancer during a Pueblo religious ceremony who is thought to embody some particular spirit. | 
|  | ~ nautch girl | a professional dancing girl in India. | 
|  | ~ performer, performing artist | an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience. | 
|  | ~ tap dancer, tapper | a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes. | 
|  | ~ taxi dancer | a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance. | 
|  | ~ alicia alonso, alonso | Cuban dancer and choreographer (born in 1921). | 
|  | ~ astaire, fred astaire | United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987). | 
|  | ~ balanchine, george balanchine | United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983). | 
|  | ~ baryshnikov, mikhail baryshnikov | Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948). | 
|  | ~ cunningham, merce cunningham | United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1922). | 
|  | ~ agnes de mille, agnes george de mille, de mille | United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993). | 
|  | ~ duncan, isadora duncan | United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927). | 
|  | ~ dame margot fonteyn, fonteyn | English dancer who danced with Rudolf Nureyev (born in 1919). | 
|  | ~ martha graham, graham | United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991). | 
|  | ~ jamison, judith jamison | United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1944). | 
|  | ~ karsavina, tamara karsavina | Russian dancer who danced with Nijinsky (1885-1978). | 
|  | ~ eugene curran kelly, gene kelly, kelly | United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996). | 
|  | ~ dame alicia markova, lilian alicia marks, markova | English ballet dancer (born in 1910). | 
|  | ~ leonid fyodorovich myasin, leonide fedorovitch massine, massine | French choreographer and ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1895-1979). | 
|  | ~ arthur mitchell, mitchell | United States dancer who formed the first Black classical ballet company (born in 1934). | 
|  | ~ lola montez, marie dolores eliza rosanna gilbert, montez | Irish dancer (1818-1861). | 
|  | ~ nijinsky, vaslav nijinsky, waslaw nijinsky | Russian dancer considered by many to be the greatest dancer of the 20th century (1890-1950). | 
|  | ~ nureyev, rudolf nureyev | Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938). | 
|  | ~ anna pavlova, pavlova | Russian ballerina (1882-1931). | 
|  | ~ ginger rogers, virginia katherine mcmath, virginia mcmath, rogers | United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (1911-1995). | 
|  | ~ salome | woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist. | 
|  | ~ shawn, ted shawn | United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972). | 
|  | ~ moira shearer, shearer | Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926). | 
|  | ~ ruth saint denis, ruth st. denis, saint denis, st. denis | United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968). | 
|  | ~ maria tallchief, tallchief | United States ballerina who promoted American ballet through tours and television appearances (born in 1925). | 
|  | ~ tharp, twyla tharp | innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941). | 
|  | ~ antony tudor, tudor | United States dancer and choreographer (born in England) (1909-1987). | 
|  | ~ galina sergeevna ulanova, galina ulanova, ulanova | Russian ballet dancer (1910-1998). | 
|  | ~ gaetan vestris, vestris | Italian dancing-master for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day; he was the first to discard the mask in mime (1729-1808). | 
| n. (person) | 2. dancer, social dancer | a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball). | 
|  | ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" | 
|  | ~ clog dancer | someone who does clog dancing. | 
|  | ~ dancing partner | one of a pair of people who dance together. | 
|  | ~ folk dancer | someone who does folk dances. | 
|  | ~ raver | a participant in a rave dancing party. | 
|  | ~ waltzer | a dancer who waltzes. | 
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