ballet
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Before that she was a barista, she made sandwiches, and for years, she was a ballet and contemporary dancer prior to becoming a writer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Silent movies may be the home of slapstick, but they are also akin to ballet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Her Peugeot bicycle is on sale, as are two pairs of leather Repetto ballet flats.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Ms. Van Herpen has also dressed Beyoncé, Björk, Lady Gaga and Natalie Portman, and makes costumes for ballet and opera companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
“We paid for the entire year of ballet classes back in the fall,” Mom explains.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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The lengthier Met calendar offers multiact, narrative productions that focus on the troupe’s theater aspect, such as this year’s scheduled June-to-July season of four narrative ballets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 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
If you go back to the 15th and 16th centuries, ballets were like a party, like combining the Met Gala with a high school prom and a giant party — that’s what it was.
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
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English Words Derived from French, List 2
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