🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

舞踊団

Pronunciation / Transliteration: buyōdan

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dance company/ˈdæns ˌkʌm.pə.ni/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"その舞踊団は世界中をツアーで回っています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An organization or organization of dancers, choreographers, and support staff that creates, produces, and performs artistic dance works.

    "The renowned contemporary dance company is touring Europe this autumn."
  2. 2

    A collective artistic enterprise dedicated to the training and presentation of specific dance genres, such as ballet, modern, or jazz.

    "She auditioned for a prestigious ballet company right after graduating from conservatory."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'dance', originating from Old French 'dancier' of Germanic or pre-Romance roots, with 'company', derived from Late Latin 'companio' meaning 'one who eats bread with another'. Together as a compound noun, it emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the professionalization of organized theatrical ballet and modern dance troupes.

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