backup dancer

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backup
noun
uk
/ˈbæk.ʌp/us
/ˈbæk.ʌp/
(someone or something that provides) support or help, or something that you have arranged in case your main plans, equipment, etc. ...
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dancer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɑːn.sər/us
/ˈdæn.sɚ/
someone who dances either as a job or ...
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(Definition ofbackupanddancerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One day a friend took her to an interview to be abackupdancer.
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She started to work as abackupdancerfor other established artists.
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It was during these years that she expressed an interest in becoming an artist'sbackupdancer, and began dancing with her friends.
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Candace believed that it was time for cupcakes to stop being thebackupdancerto cakes.
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She also considered becoming abackupdancer.
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There was no extra glitz or glamour (not really necessary with a dress like that) or backup dancers and crazy antics.
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He then enters a club, where he performs the first dance sequence in the video with his male backup dancers.
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The acts usually sing over a pre-recorded backing track, and backup dancers are commonly featured as well as stage props.
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She and her backup dancers are featured wearing black clothes.
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Live performances relied solely on solo performances by the contestants, without any performance choreography, backup dancers, pyrotechnics or other spectacular theatrical effects.
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The girls are accompanied by backup dancers wielding pompoms.
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She is in her bedroom, when suddenly she and her backup dancers begin dancing in front of a white background.
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Over the course of the song she is joined by backup dancers.
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The video featured backup dancers wearing shirts that are covered in radioluminescence paint.
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It was also the start of their use of toy-boys as backup dancers, which would become a hallmark of their videos.
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