The Collaborative International Dictionary
To dance attendance
Dance \Dance\, v. t. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind.
--Shak.
Thy grandsire loved thee well;
Many a time he danced thee on his knee.
--Shak.
To dance attendance, to come and go obsequiously; to be or remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to please or gain favor.
A man of his place, and so near our favor,
To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure.
--Shak.