Backup dancer
Performer who dances with or behind the lead performer
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A backup dancer also known as background dancer[1] is a performer who dances with or behind the lead performers in a live musical act or in a music video. Their movements (especially where there are many moving together) improve the visual aesthetics of the lead performer, and provide a symmetry and rhythm to accompany the music.
Backup dancers
Some performers began their music careers as backup dancers for other artists, including:
- Lee Know from Stray Kids (for BTS)[2]
- Kim Hyo-yeon from Girls' Generation (for BoA)[citation needed]
- Yoon Ji-sung and Kang Daniel (for Shihyun and Cao Lu)[citation needed]
- Kevin Federline (for Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Pink, Christina Milian, and LFO)[3]
- FKA twigs[4]
- Cris Judd (for ex-wife Jennifer Lopez's 2001 video "Love Don't Cost a Thing")[5]
- Jennifer Lopez (for the New Kids on the Block, MC Hammer and Janet Jackson's 1993 video "That's the Way Love Goes")[citation needed]
- Rain (for Park Jin-young and Park Ji-yoon)[6]
- Tupac Shakur (for the Digital Underground)[7][8][9]
- Michael K. Williams[10]
- Zendaya (for Selena Gomez)[11]
Gallery
Balinese dancers in 1937 performing in a kecak
See also
- Corps de ballet
- Backing vocalist
- Extra (actor)
- Taxi dancer – a paid dancer in a partner-dance