You're both right. (I'm such a Libra, sorry, I can't help myself.) Dance is overused in poetry, and overused images can be grating. It doesn't mean they can't be used successfully, it just means you have to clear a higher hurdle. This poem does that, I think, by showing us how the interaction is like a dance, as opposed to just carelessly using "dance" as poetic shorthand for joy, grace or rote movement.
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