dance to someone's tune
dance
noun
uk /dɑːns/ us /dæns/
B1[ C ]
a particular series of movements that you perform to music or the type of music that is connected with it: 舞蹈，舞步;舞曲
The band played a slow dance.乐队演奏了一支舒缓的舞曲。
A2[ C ]
a social occasion where people dance, especially a formal occasion in a large room: （尤指正式的）舞会
They're having an end-of-term dinner-dance.他们要举办一场期末餐舞会。
 
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A1[ C or U ]
the act of moving your feet and body to music: 舞，跳舞
have a danceUKWe had a dance.我们跳了一支舞。
The bride's father gets the first dance at the wedding.新娘的父亲在婚礼上跟新娘跳第一支舞。
dance classI do yoga, go to dance classes, and play tennis.
A2[ U ]
the art of performing dances, especially as a form of entertainment: 舞蹈表演;舞蹈艺术
The performers tell the story through song and dance.演员们载歌载舞演绎了那个故事。
Following the dinner, there will be a dance.晚餐之后将有一场舞会。
There are classes in movement, dance, acting and improvisation.
Before a rugby match, the New Zealand team perform a Maori war dance.
Everyone should pair up for the next dance.跳下一支舞时大家都应该两人一对。
She's teaching me some basic dance steps.她在教我一些基本的舞步。

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dance | American Dictionary

dance
verb[ I/T ]
us/dæns/
to move the body and feet in rhythm to music:
[ I ]Who was she dancing with at the party?
[ T ]They danced a waltz.
If something dances, it moves quickly and easily:
[ I ]Sunlight danced on the water.
dance
noun[ C/U ]
us/dæns/
an act of dancing, or a particular set of movements:
[ C ]“May I have this dance?” he asked.
[ C ]The next dance will be a waltz.
[ U ]Do you take dance lessons?
A dance is also a social occasion at which people dance:
[ C ]the eighth-grade dance

Examples of dance

dance
It is based on a one-year qualitative research project, which seeks to explore the experiences of social dance for older dancers.
The masker had amply padded his derriere and bust, and when he performed he periodically punctuated his slow dance movements with exaggerated hip thrusts.
Behind them others are changing the set, and when they are finished they come and take their places in the dance.
Then, to thunderous drumming of the big drum and clashing of the large cymbals, they dance past each other and exit in separate directions.
Why do we bother with frivolous debates over the numbers of angels dancing on pins?
The song was recorded and very popular at dances.
The most popular activity was playing a musical instrument (17%), followed by dancing (12%).
Here the latest trends in music and dance could be enjoyed, and the latest fashions flaunted.
In it, twelve dancers, dressed as twelve princes, danced in imitation of the deities, accompanied by songs in their praise.
During the piece the dancers, enclosed within a golden structure like a palace, had to open this structure, emerge and dance freely.
A single performer controlled interface for electronic dance/music theatre.
It encompasses a variety of artistic expressions : instrumental music, songs, dancing and theatre.
I am momentarily caught off guard as my body attempts to adjust to the temperature of a room filled with thousands of dancing bodies.
This serves as something of a curtain-raiser for an animated section in which the quartet provide dance-like material in rhythmic unison.
The activities were ranked in the following order: playing instruments, movement/dance, singing, listening to music, composing and talking about music.
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ceremonial dance
Instrumental forms included the "basse danse", or "bassadanza", which was a ceremonial dance of a rather dignified character, and relatively slow tempo.
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