On stage, Rihanna slithered, she hopped, she sashayed. She’s a dance-pop star who isn’t much of a dancer — every time she moved, her backup crew clustered tightly around her as if to shield her.

在台上，蕾哈娜滑行、跳跃、信步走，她变成了一个舞蹈流行明星，而她并不太擅长舞蹈——每次移动，她的伴舞都会紧紧地围上去像是在保护她。

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Black dance music has been central to mainstream pop since the early '60s.

黑人舞蹈音乐自20世纪60年代初以来对主流流行音乐一直都是最重要的。

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The upbeat rhythms of the secondmovement are sure to make you dance; it's any Haydnlover's "pop" music.

第二乐章欢乐的节奏会使你不由自主地舞蹈；它是任何海顿爱好者的"流行"音乐。

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For all the sonic shocks in "Breakin' Up" a spangly dance-pop number that hits every disco signifier short of a Vocoder it's hardest to fathom its tone of almost unhinged celebration.

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The singles "Bad Girls" and "Hot Stuff" took this disco-rock fusion to the top of the pop charts, while the slow-dance "Dim All the Lights" revealed more of Donna Summer's personality than her earlier hits.

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The group performs primarily at high schools, delivering an anti-bullying message via pop songs, raps and dance routines.

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