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That thing in videos where one person is dancing slightly in front of another person is like the visual equivalent to the "chorus" effect in music studio recordings (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 11 months ago by LesserAbe to c/showerthoughts
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Background dancers are often called a chorus:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorus_line

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_(musical_theatre)

[โ€“] LesserAbe 1 points 11 months ago

I could be mistaken but I thought they got their name from actually singing too? I believe the name for the "chorus" effect in audio recording comes from that experience - hearing the sound of a group of people singing instead of one person singing. Regardless, the name is appropriate.