zombie dance

noun3

1. •
   A type of dance in which participants use dance moves that mimic the undead, often combined with a masquerade and costumes.

   • Through the zombie dance sequence, Gaga shows us that poignancy, pathos and pain ultimately lead to the discovery of the beauty found within our agonizing life experiences.” — 2013
2. •
   A ritual Caribbean dance in which participants enter a trance state and symbolically die and are born again.

   • The repetition of moves from the zombie dance in the quotidian market scene and in the ag'ya illustrates the influence or integration of elements of vodou culture in the everyday. — 2006
3. •
   (figurative) A sequence of events leading to someone feeling dead inside, and the actions of the individual as they experience that sequence.

   • Goddesses are for feasts –though it turns out that there is one constant dish-of-the-day: tasty little tit-mice. Thus the zombie dance, English style. — 1973