Big Dance

English

Alternative forms

• big dance

Noun

Big Dance (plural Big Dances)

1. (sports) A final.
   • 1993, National Gaming Summary:

     While allegations about riverboat operators swirl in Louisiana, New Orleans scored a major economic and public relations coup last week by winning its bid to host the 1997 Super Bowl in the Superdome. It will be the eighth time the city has been chosen by the NFL to hold the Big Dance.

   • 2016, Mark Thompson, Bomber: The Whole Story: The Whole Story, Penguin Group Australia, →ISBN:

     It was a big day for Essendon, with both senior and reserves teams reaching the Big Dance.

   • 2018, Sam Mitchell, Relentless, Macmillan Publishers Aus., →ISBN:

     We won our way through to the grand final against Geelong Falcons, which meant I was off to the 'Big Dance' at the MCG for the first time. We were to play as a curtain-raiser to the 2000 Essendon–Melbourne AFL Grand Final.