ballet
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Suit trousers were paired with a leather jacket, a boater hat and ballet slippers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Local farmers have also poured in to help battle the blaze, with a ballet of tractors pulling in tankers of water drawn from a nearby lake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: The stylish Mary Janes combine the elegance of a ballet flat with the comfort of a sneaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Fans can expect performances spanning symphony orchestras, ballet, jazz, opera and theater as well as events with libraries, bookstores, coffee shops, yogurt/ice cream shops and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Maybe I’ll go watch another ballet with Hattie and her mom, just like when we went to see Romeo and Juliet.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
Stravinsky had spent nearly two decades working inside self-imposed forms—neoclassical symphonies and ballets built on borrowed material.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
During his tenure Shklyarov had impressed with contemporary and classical ballets alike, ranging from “The Nutcracker” and “Don Quixote” to George Balanchine’s “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux” and “Jewels.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2024
When you’re imagining what Balanchine would do, your mind is going to what his ballets were.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Stafford and Whelan have commissioned 12 ballets by choreographers of color in the last six years, it says.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
The type of story that everyone loves to see in ballets or books or movies but hates to hear about in real life.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
Vocabulary lists containing ballet
English Words Derived from French, List 2
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Dance - Introductory
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