dancescape

English

Etymology

dance +‎ -scape

Noun

dancescape (plural dancescapes)

1. A figurative landscape of dancing or dance trends.
   • 1991, Donna Perlmutter, Shadowplay: The Life of Antony Tudor, page 2:

     He could take Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht, for instance, and set it to sweeping movement as the dramatic situation dictated, as well as to inward, seemingly motionless dancescapes that honored the music's aura.

   • 2007, Ian McDonald, River of Gods, page 64:

     Everyone is blind and deaf in their own private dancescapes.

   • 2011, Graham St. John, “Rave from the Grave: Dark Trance and the Return of the Dead”, in Zombies Are Us: Essays on the Humanity of the Walking Dead, →ISBN, page 31:

     Optimized for the nocturnal condition of psytrance parties and festivals that have flourished globally and which host a range of psychedelic electronic genres, darkpsy possesses fast, sometimes punishing, bpm (beats per minute) starting around 150 and pushing up over 170, typically employing vocal samples and scores from horror cinema produced on tracks which, when performed by DJs in conjunction with the efforts of VJs, lighing technicians, décor artists and stage designers, effect dancescapes infused with suspense during htose hours of the sun's absence.

   • 2012, Thomas Guzman-Sanchez, Underground Dance Masters: Final History of a Forgotten Era, page 7:

     The Latin Boogaloo trend was motivated by the intrigue and success of the national Boogaloo trend, which in turn influenced the dancescape of American pop culture.