song and dance act

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• song and dance — Synonyms and related words: Broadway musical, Singspiel, act, afterpiece, ballad opera, ballet, ballet divertissement, bamboozlement, befooling, bit, bluffing, calculated deception, chaser, chorus show, circumvention, comedy ballet, comic opera,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• song and dance — 1) N UNCOUNT: usu N n A song and dance act is a performance in which a person or group of people sing and dance. 2) PHRASE (disapproval) If you say that someone is making a song and dance about something, you mean they are making an unnecessary… …   English dictionary

• song-and-dance — song and dance, Informal. an explanation or account, not necessarily true, and often intended to impress or deceive: »What s all this I hear about some song and dance you gave Colonel Snow about not wanting to join...? (Sinclair Lewis). song and… …   Useful english dictionary

• Song and Dance — Infobox Musical name=Song and Dance imagesize=300px caption= music= Andrew Lloyd Webber lyrics= Don Black, additional lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. book= basis= productions= 1982 West End 1985 Broadway 2007 Israel awards= Song and Dance is a… …   Wikipedia

• song and dance — noun 1. theatrical performance combining singing and dancing • Hypernyms: ↑performance, ↑public presentation 2. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse • Syn: ↑fairytale, ↑fairy tale, ↑fairy story, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 — The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament made law on 30 March 2006. It is the fifth major piece of legislation relating to immigration and asylum since 1993.Commencement OrdersAlthough the Act… …   Wikipedia

• song — O.E. sang art of singing, a metrical composition adapted for singing, from P.Gmc. *sangwaz (Cf. O.N. söngr, Norw. song, Swed. sông, O.S., Dan., O.Fris., O.H.G., Ger. sang, M.Du. sanc, Du. zang, Goth. saggws), related to SING (Cf. sing) (q.v.) …   Etymology dictionary

• dance, Western — Introduction       history of Western dance from ancient times to the present and including the development of ballet, the waltz, and various types of modern dance.       The peoples of the West of Europe and of the countries founded through… …   Universalium

• DANCE — In Ancient Israel In the Bible, Mishnah, and Talmud, dance is referred to in various contexts as an important ritualized activity and as an expression of joy. None of these references, however, contain descriptions of how the dancers actually… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• dance — dance1 W3S2 [da:ns US dæns] n 1.) a special set of movements performed to a particular type of music ▪ The waltz is an easy dance to learn. folk/traditional dance ▪ the traditional dances and music of Russia 2.) a social event or party where you… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dance — 1 noun 1 (C) an act of dancing: have a dance: Let s have one more dance before we go home. | do a dance (=move as if you are dancing): When Claire heard the news she did a little dance of excitement. 2 (C) a particular set of movements performed… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English