trance dancer, n.
Brit. /ˈtrɑːns ˌdɑːnsə/, /ˈtrans ˌdansə/, U.S. /ˈtræns ˌdænsər/
[‹ trance n.1 + dancer n., after trance dance n.]
A person who performs a trance dance (in any sense). Cf. trance dance n.
| 1942 G. Bateson & M. Mead Balinese Char. 92/1 The legong is a dance very similar to that of the little trance dancers (sangiang), but the legong performers are not in a trance. 1955M. Mead in M. Mead & M. Wolfenstein Childhood in Contemp. Cultures 43 Very little babies cannot enter the temple, but the toddler is present in the midst of the most solemn ceremonial, attached to parent or grandparent, watching the blessing of the trance dancer. 1978 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 37 776/2 The complimentary roles of a bard-priest and a spirit-medium (trance dancer) in the Himalayan area. 1995 Mixmag May 108/1 The techno-sans-frontieres world view of the post-acid UFO spotter, trance dancer and world traveller. 1998 S. Reynolds Energy Flash vii. 200 Consciously or not, the metaphor of the DJ as ‘rider’ echoes the voodoo notion that the trance-dancer is being ‘ridden’ by the gods, the loa. |