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ballet

[ba-ley, bal-ey] / bæˈleɪ, ˈbæl eɪ /
NOUN
graceful, expressive dancing
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As a teenager, she learned ballet and eventually concluded that, at 6-foot-2, she was too tall for it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

His dad did a really interesting interview about how he feels ballet helped Jan with his balance, flexibility, strength and explosiveness.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

The thing that is always mentioned about him is that he used to do ballet.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

In other performances, Joseph Markey, a corps de ballet dancer since 2021, made much of this character’s persona but less of its choreographic challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

A half hour later, we drop Malia off at the ballet studio to meet her friend and her mom.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

It all ultimately feels like five separate little ballets.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Prominent among these were ballets by Ms. Tharp, the one-time experimentalist modern-dance maker whose creations for ABT made up the opening bill.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 3, 2025

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

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




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