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

In Ibiza, the dance music capital, Pissenem is the face of this change. — Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026

Given Central City’s post-pandemic troubles, amid a boom in dance music across culture more broadly, Origin’s founders hope the scene can do it again. — Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Popular producers/DJs/remixers Two Friends offer contemporary electric dance music (EDM) to move one’s body. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2026

After years of sidelining dance music from the Big Four categories, the Grammys have begun to reward it in recent history. — Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above