shadow dance

noun

1. a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shadow dance¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Those five were the senators who spoke at the 2020 audition last month, and they have engaged in a monthslong policy shadow dance, each signing onto others’ proposals while zipping to the front of the line with fresh, liberal ideas of their own.

From New York Times

It’s this misalignment, she said, that prevents us from experiencing a celestial shadow dance every month with the new and full moons.

From New York Times

She also read widely — Nabokov and Bor­ges were her two favorite contemporary authors — and began to work on her first short stories, followed by a novel, the often brutal “Shadow Dance.”

From Washington Post

Carter’s first novel, “Shadow Dance,” appeared in 1966.

From New York Times

Her first novel, Shadow Dance, was plucked from the slush pile by an editor who found every sentence “remarkable”.

From The Guardian