professional dancing partner

English translation: taxi dancer

15:18 May 24, 2007

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English term or phrase: professional dancing partner

Greetings,

I'm looking for a word meaning “a professional dancing partner” – apparently people used to hire themselves out to dance with people who had no partner or at least no satisfactory partner.

All the best,

Simon

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Local time: 21:53

Selected answer:taxi dancer

Explanation:
Of course, I may be dating myself, but this is what they were called back in my, ahem, father's day.

Selected response from:

jccantrell
United States
Local time: 13:53

Grading comment

excellent, that was the word!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +6

taxi dancer

jccantrell

dance escort

Jack Doughty

gigolo?

Alexander Demyanov

private dancer

Regi2006

Answers

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

taxi dancer

Explanation:
Of course, I may be dating myself, but this is what they were called back in my, ahem, father's day.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_dancer

jccantrell
United States
Local time: 13:53
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

Grading comment

excellent, that was the word!

21 mins confidence:

dance escort

Explanation:
From the way it is used in describing the early career of Victor Sylvester, the band leader, it seems to fit your requirement.

The villain of the piece, the true author of the Tower Ballroom's prohibition, was Victor Sylvester. I can still just about remember Sylvester's radio broadcasts, the bland vibrato of the saxophone and the equally passionless tones of the maestro himself monotonously calling out the steps. But until Lionel explained, I had never realized the extent of Sylvester's personal interest in locking dancers into a rhythmic straitjacket.

Before he got his band together, Sylvester was a dance escort. He spent his evenings sitting behind a desk, waiting to earn sixpence from punters who lacked a partner.
www.newstatesman.com/200104160037

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:53
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 276

22 mins confidence:

gigolo?

Explanation:
This can be somewhat derogatory due to it other meaning:

1. A man who has a continuing sexual relationship with and receives financial support from a woman.
2. A man who is hired as an escort or a dancing partner for a woman.

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 16:53
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 16

9 hrs confidence:

private dancer

Explanation:
This question reminds me of a song sung by Tina Turner. It's called "Private Dancer"

Regi2006
Indonesia
Local time: 03:53
Native speaker of:

Indonesian

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