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

Though a danseuse noble, she keeps on studying with the enthusiasm of a tyro.

From Time Magazine Archive

And there is a very proper belief that one Gwen Verdon is the equal of a hand-picked chorus line, a spotlighted siren, a surefire comic, and a sought-after premi�re danseuse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rita De Leporte, the Metropolitan's premi�re danseuse, whipped together an able troupe of 100.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally, it pronounced in favour of the shortened skirts, but declared, at the same time, as an article of faith, that no danseuse should appear on the stage sans cale�on.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel