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
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
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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
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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Vocabulary lists containing ballet
English Words Derived from French, List 2
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Dance - Introductory
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