skirt dance

noun

A form of dance, popular in burlesque and vaudeville theater of the 1890s, in which women dancers manipulated long, layered skirts with their arms to create a motion of flowing fabric.

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Meanings

nounskirt dance (plural skirt dances)

plural skirt dances

  1. A form of dance, popular in burlesque and vaudeville theater of the 1890s, in which women dancers manipulated long, layered skirts with their arms to create a motion of flowing fabric.
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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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