is a specific kind of: performer, performing artist.

is a broader term that covers: ballet dancer | ballet master | ballet mistress | belly dancer, exotic belly dancer, exotic dancer | chorine, chorus girl, showgirl | dance master, dancing-master | hoofer, stepper | kachina | nautch girl | tap dancer, tapper | taxi dancer ... show more.

instances of which are: Alicia Alonso, Alonso | Astaire, Fred Astaire | Balanchine, George Balanchine | Baryshnikov, Mikhail Baryshnikov | Cunningham, Merce Cunningham | Agnes de Mille, Agnes George de Mille, de Mille | Duncan, Isadora Duncan | Dame Margot Fonteyn, Fonteyn | Graham, Martha Graham | Jamison, Judith Jamison | Karsavina, Tamara Karsavina | Eugene Curran Kelly, Gene Kelly, Kelly | Dame Alicia Markova, Lilian Alicia Marks, Markova | Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, Leonide Fedorovitch Massine, Massine | Arthur Mitchell, Mitchell | Lola Montez, Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Montez | Nijinsky, Vaslav Nijinsky, Waslaw Nijinsky | Nureyev, Rudolf Nureyev | Anna Pavlova, Pavlova | Ginger Rogers, Rogers, Virginia Katherine McMath, Virginia McMath | Salome | Shawn, Ted Shawn | Moira Shearer, Shearer | Ruth Saint Denis, Ruth St. Denis, Saint Denis, St. Denis | Maria Tallchief, Tallchief | Tharp, Twyla Tharp | Antony Tudor, Tudor | Galina Sergeevna Ulanova, Galina Ulanova, Ulanova | Gaetan Vestris, Vestris ... show more.

derivation: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe | dance.