Meaning & use
dance troupe
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Meaning
nouncountable
a group of dancers who perform together, often as a company that gives shows.
Grammar: Countable: use a/an or a number before it, and add -s for more than one troupe.
Patterns
- a dance troupe
- join a dance troupe
- perform with a dance troupe
She joined a dance troupe that tours small theaters around the country.
The festival opened with a dance troupe from Senegal.
Our school's dance troupe practices every Tuesday and Thursday after class.
Word forms
| plural | dance troupes |
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Common combinations
- a local dance troupe
- A local dance troupe performed at the town fair.
- join a dance troupe
- He joined a dance troupe after finishing college.
- a traditional dance troupe
- The hotel hires a traditional dance troupe for wedding parties.
- a dance troupe performs
- The dance troupe performs three nights a week in summer.
- tour with a dance troupe
- She toured with a dance troupe across Europe for a year.
Synonyms and how they differ
- dance company
- More formal and often used for professional, larger organizations; a dance troupe can be smaller or amateur.
- ballet company
- Only for classical ballet; a dance troupe may perform many styles.
- ensemble
- A general word for any group performing together, not only dancers.
Word family
Commonly confused: dance troupe or troop? dance troupe or dance group?
dance troupe vs troop
A troop is a group of soldiers or scouts, not performers. Use troupe for dancers and actors.
dance troupe vs dance group
This is a looser everyday phrase; a dance troupe usually suggests a named performing company.
Practice
Which sentence uses the phrase correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Dance troupe' is the fixed phrase, and 'a local dance troupe' is singular and countable, so option 0 fits. Option 1 misspells troupe as troop, which means soldiers. Option 2 puts the words in the wrong order, and option 3 wrongly uses a plural after 'a'.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “dance troupe”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.