danseuse

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The biggest casualty was Edgar Degas’ bronze sculpture of a teenage ballerina, “Petite danseuse de quatorze ans,” estimated to bring as much as $35 million.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 2, 2011

In Manhattan last week General Manager Guilio Gatti-Casazza announced plans for the Metropolitan Opera's coming season, married Rosina Galli, his première danseuse, and sailed for Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gwen Verdon, danseuse distingu�e of the U.S. musical stage, is fetchingly exuberant as a taxi dancer seeking a wagon for her unhitched star.

From Time Magazine Archive

To be sure she was La Argentina, the Spanish dancer* who as a child was premi�re danseuse classique at the Royal Opera in Madrid, as a mature artist the rage of Berlin, of Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

At that time, however, no one dreamed of a revolt against the all-powerful cantatrice whose favour the danseuse was fortunate to procure.

From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.