taxi dancer
noun
: a woman employed by a dance hall, café, or cabaret to dance with patrons who pay an amount for each dance
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Fosse also directed and choreographed the stage version, which starred his wife, Gwen Verdon, who’s replaced in the film by Shirley MacLaine in the role of naïve but cheerful New York City taxi dancer Charity Hope Valentine.
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Josh Bell, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
In this classic barnstormer, the best friends Charity (Shirley MacLaine), Helene (Paula Kelly) and Nickie dance up their dreams of escaping their current reality as taxi dancers.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
Her father, Edgar, was a plumber, and her mother, Zoe (Hivon) Caldwell, was a taxi dancer, someone from whom dance-hall customers could buy a dance.
—Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2020
Learning out about absinthe and beret wearing taxi dancers from Lost Generation
artist wanderers still able to climb the hill
of Montmarte up to Le Chat Noir.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2019
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Josh Bell, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
In this classic barnstormer, the best friends Charity (Shirley MacLaine), Helene (Paula Kelly) and Nickie dance up their dreams of escaping their current reality as taxi dancers.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
Her father, Edgar, was a plumber, and her mother, Zoe (Hivon) Caldwell, was a taxi dancer, someone from whom dance-hall customers could buy a dance.
—Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Feb. 2020
Learning out about absinthe and beret wearing taxi dancers from Lost Generation
artist wanderers still able to climb the hill
of Montmarte up to Le Chat Noir.
—Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2019
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“Taxi dancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/taxi%20dancer. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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