Backup dancer

A backup dancer also known as background dancer is a performer who dances with or behind the lead performers in a live musical act or in a music video. Their movements (especially where there are many moving together) improve the visual aesthetics of the lead performer, and provide a symmetry and rhythm to accompany the music.

Backup dancers
Some performers began their music careers as backup dancers for other artists, including:


 * Lee Know from Stray Kids (for BTS)
 * Kim Hyo-yeon from Girls' Generation (for BoA)
 * Yoon Ji-sung and Kang Daniel (for Shihyun and Cao Lu)
 * Kevin Federline (for Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Pink, Christina Milian, and LFO)
 * FKA twigs
 * Cris Judd (for ex-wife Jennifer Lopez' 2001 video "Love Don't Cost a Thing")
 * Jennifer Lopez (for the New Kids on the Block, MC Hammer and Janet Jackson's 1993 video "That's the Way Love Goes")
 * Rain (for Park Jin-young and Park Ji-yoon)
 * Tupac Shakur (for the Digital Underground)
 * Michael K. Williams
 * Zendaya