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ballet

[ba-lay, bal-ay] / bæˈleɪ, ˈbæl eɪ /
NOUN
graceful, expressive dancing
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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

Crocs is expanding beyond Jibbitz to embrace “elevated” customization like temporary shoe tattoos and attachable ballet ribbons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

She later helped the Dutch resistance by carrying messages and taking part in secret ballet performances to raise money for anti-Nazi causes.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

“But if a person could go to a ballet at the Balanchine hall or a concert at the Leonard Bernstein hall, it would have such a different impact.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

She was dressed in her Act I Cinderella clothes: a simple gray dress, black tights, and black ballet slippers.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene

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

According to recent industry reports, ticket sales to American operas and ballets hover between 1.4 to 3 million each, depending on the year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026

She also reimagined famous choreography from ballets like “The Nutcracker” and “Sleeping Beauty.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

Stafford and Whelan have commissioned 12 ballets by choreographers of color in the last six years, it says.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024

With Beaujoyeulx, Catherine conceived what have come to be accepted as the world’s first formal ballets.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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