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Main Entry:	ballet [ba-ley, bal-ey] Show IPA/bæˈleɪ, ˈbæleɪ/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	graceful, expressive dancing
Synonyms:	choreography, dance, toe dancing

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Main Entry:	performance
Part of Speech:	noun
Related Adjectives:	black, CC, OC, OS, X, cinematic, closed, featured, hard, live, off, off book, prerecorded, quadraphonic, recurring, rolling, soft, stand, strawhat, taped, wide

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Example Sentences

Little ballet companies can sometimes accomplish big things by preserving offbeat works and encouraging young choreographers.

Neither of us would, even under the threat of being pilloried, attend a performance of the ballet.

He cared neither for the ballet nor for fidelity, using his wife to bankroll his revolutionary escapades.

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Little ballet companies can sometimes accomplish big things by preserving offbeat works and encouraging young choreographers.

Neither of us would, even under the threat of being pilloried, attend a performance of the ballet.

He cared neither for the ballet nor for fidelity, using his wife to bankroll his revolutionary escapades.

The icing on the cake is the sea of birds behind and all of it graced with the far mountain balancing the aerial ballet.

The city hosts a number of annual festivals and has its own ballet and symphony.

We'd heard of battle droids before, but this is the first ballet droid we've encountered.

Other computer programs can meld clips from movies, plays, or ballet.

Bullfighters themselves start their training as young as, say, ballet dancers.

The feet of a ballet dancer, a long distance runner, a place kicker.

One event features a synchronized demonstration known as kite ballet.

The ancient art of overclocking is more delicate ballet than exact science.

Locals would attend the theatre and ballet and dine on caviar and champagne.

From ballet to break-dance, from the hora to hip-hop, this country stays moving on the dance floor.

It is the town of showy hotels, patronised chiefly by dudes and ballet girls.

They soar in great circles, dozens of birds wheeling together in an aerial ballet.

It's closer to controlling a ballet dancer than a mutant psychotic.

The beast bends and folds with the grace of a ballet dancer.

From ballet to break-dance, this country stays moving on the dance floor.

The ballet boasts a juicily operatic story complete with pauses.

The skilled engineers and mechanics must turn their rough dance into a ballet.

Increasingly, ballet companies are commissioning new works from modern dancers.

Those who took the decision to pull the ballet were following their government's accommodating precedents.

Currently the little rogue is taking ballet lessons and swim lessons.

The amount of time lost in this odd four-wheel ballet is staggering.

It's also the key to the fishtailing ballet of burning rubber called drifting.

In addition to art exhibits, the center hosts a wide range of live events, from acrobats to ballet shows to music performances.

Peschak of manta rays as they converge to feed in a spectacular coral-reef ballet.

My choice for a preview would be the ballet mystery one.

There are many dancers who are happy enough to be in the corps de ballet.

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