avant-dance

English

Etymology

Blend of avant-garde +‎ dance

Noun

avant-dance (uncountable)

1. avant-garde dance music
   • 1994, New York Magazine, volume 24, number 44, page 141:

     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.

   • 1998, SPIN, volume 14, number 8, page 146:

     The infinite varieties of avant-dance might never sell, and the mainspring of alt-rock is nearly all sprung out.

Hyponyms

• mutant disco