fan dance | Idiomator

Meaning: (performing arts)A dance performance incorporating theartfuluse of fans.1903,Andrew Lang, “The Magic Kettle”, inThe Crimson Fairy Book:Gracefully he led thefan dance, and glided without a pause into the shadow dance and the umbrella dance.1996February 16, Laurel Graeber, “For Children”, inNew York Times, retrieved28 May 2013:[T]he center's Chinese Folk Dance Company plans to perform six pieces, including afan danceand a sword dance.; (performing arts)A stage performance orstripteasein which a femaleentertainerdisrobeswhile dancing with large hand-heldfansthat are alternately used toconcealand provideglimpsesof hererogenousbody regions.1935April 22, “Canada: Ming-Toy's Revenge”, inTime:Undaunted Ming-Toy did a sinuous, undulatingfan dancebefore the Imperial Daughters of the British Empire, then, at the last moment, showed what she thinks of them by raising her fans and standing starkly revealed in red underdrawers.2008Feb. 18, Amanda Fortini, "Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe in "The Last Sitting","nymag.com(retrieved 28 May 2013):In 1962, photographer Bert Stern shot a series of photos of Marilyn Monroe: . . . Monroe, sleepy-eyed and naked, sips from a Champagne glass, enacts afan danceof sorts with various diaphanous scarves, romps with erotic playfulness on a bed of white linens.; (idiomatic,figurative,by extension)Theincrementaldisclosureoftantalizingbits of information.1994May 22, Thomas Stinson, “Labor talks: Much ado about nothing”, inAtlanta Journal-Constitution, retrieved28 May 2013:In what may be the most farcical episode of an 18-month-longfan dance, baseball players and ownership will sit down Monday in Los Angeles to discuss "non-economic issues" regarding the expired collective bargaining agreement.2006June 6, Ed Sutherland, “More Bits For Vista Enthusiasts”, ininternetnews.com, retrieved28 May 2013:Microsoft did afan danceof sorts today, giving the public a glimpse at the upcoming Vista operating system.2012January 28, Bruce Arthur, “NHL and Players’ Association on a collision course”, inNational Post, Canada, retrieved28 May 2013:Bettman, meanwhile, performed his now-traditionalfan dance, skating around the revelation of a third group interested in buying the Coyotes.

Examples:

EN: Getting set for a fan dance?
ES: ¿Te preparas para bailar?
EN: You know, I do a kind of a fan dance.
ES: Ya sabes, es una especie de danza del abanico.
EN: Is this the one that was doing the fan dance?
ES: ¿Es la que hacía el baile de los abanicos?
EN: You'd make your crippled grandmother do a fan dance for that paper.
ES: Serías capaz de vender a tu madre por ese periódico.
EN: All right, you lugs! What do you expect for an encore, a fan dance? Scram!
ES: Muy bien, bobos. ¿Esperan que nos pongamos a bailar?
EN: No, I was doing a fan dance.
ES: No, estaba haciendo la danza de los abanicos.
EN: How about a fan dance?
ES: ¿Qué tal el baile de los abanicos?
EN: Ladies and gentlemen, any volunteers who can dance, sing, show muscles, do a striptease, fan dance or bubble dance?
ES: Señoras y señores, ¿algún voluntario que baile, cante, enseñe músculos, haga strip-tease, o baile con abanicos?
EN: There's the presentation, the circle, the curtsy, the fan dance.
ES: Será la presentación, el círculo, la reverencia, el baile con abanico.
EN: I'm sorry, but that fan dance was more than I could take.
ES: Lo siento, pero el baile del abanico fue difícil de soportar.
EN: The fan dance was humiliating.
ES: El baile del abanico fue humillante.
EN: What if I distract them with my famous fan dance?
ES: Que tal si los distraemos con mi famoso baile de abanicos?
EN: Hey, a fan dance.
ES: un baile de abanicos.
EN: I love a fan dance.
ES: Me encanta.
EN: I regret to inform you that tonight's fan dance is going to be cancelled.
ES: Lamento decirles que cancelamos el baile con abanicos hoy.

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