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The term koorddans is a Dutch and Afrikaans term, literally translated meaning "rope dancing", and referring to the well-known circus act of walking, performing or dancing on a tightrope, also referred to in some cases by the later name, funambulism[1]. A koorddanser is thus a tightrope walker, performer, dancer or "funambulist".
Sources
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funambulism
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koorddansen
Bosman, D; Van der Merwe, I.W. and Hiemstra, L.W. 1964. Tweetalige Woordeboek Afrikaans-Engels. J.L. van Schaik: p.381.
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