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

The seven-man sensation that delivered the polished pop/hip-hop/dance music of their native South Korea into the into the ears of a global audience starting 13 years ago (yes, really), is in the midst of another massive moment. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

There will be almost a dozen live acts, including Guinean bongo playing, a New Orleans-style brass band, the West African Duniya Drum and Dance Company, Egyptian belly dancers and Non-Stop Bhangra (Punjabi dance music). — Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

The heart-palpitating rhythms and glitchy stutters suggest some unholy mix of early Plastikman and Mark Fell, the vestiges of ’90s dance music reanimated into a herky-jerky Frankenstein’s monster. — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026

This frame, Madonna stops just short of ruling the Dance Airplay chart as one of the most successful duos in dance music history collects yet another champion. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above