newspaper dance

noun

A form of the game of musical statues in which the dancing players must stay on a sheet of newspaper, or (in another version) dance around the sheet and step onto it as the music stops. The sheet is reduced in size after each round.

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Meanings

nounnewspaper dance (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA form of the game of musical statues in which the dancing players must stay on a sheet of newspaper, or (in another version) dance around the sheet and step onto it as the music stops. The sheet is reduced in size after each round.
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APA

newspaper dance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newspaper%20dance

MLA

“newspaper dance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newspaper%20dance. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newspaper dance,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newspaper%20dance.

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