dance music

noun

: electronic dance music

Fueled by socioeconomic, cultural and technological changes, dance music and club culture have built on the progress of the past to leave a footprint deeper than we've seen before.

—Foster Kamer

Examples of dance music in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

High-energy dance music pulsed from huge speakers around the field as the Manchester City players warmed up before a session at the Etihad Campus. — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Gaga credited Polanksy with her return to dance music with last year’s Mayhem. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026

For the past 26 years, Bonobo – the moniker for artist, producer and DJ Simon Green – has quietly shaped the sound of British dance music. — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026

After the shooting, the internet lit up with macabre stories of death, disfigurement, and disability wrought by claim denials—DJs in clubs even spun dance music with Luigi’s face flashing behind them. — Elizabeth Nicholas, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above