Meanings
nounavant-dance (uncountable)
- uncountableavant-garde dance music
The infinite varieties of avant-dance might never sell, and the mainspring of alt-rock is nearly all sprung out.
1998, SPIN, volume 14, number 8, page 1461 more example
Alex Ayuli and Rudy Tambala, the British duo behind the luminary avant-dance crew A. R. Kane, play music from their new atmospheric pop record New Clear Child.
1994, New York Magazine, volume 24, number 44, page 141
Origin
Blend of avant-garde + dance.
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