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
Margaret hates Karin Booth, the premiere danseuse, because she thinks Cyd should have the top ballerina's job.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Instead, she tells a series of delicately interwoven stories: A danseuse, having lost confidence in herself, finds a man in her room who has come to steal her jewelry.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They were loud in praise of Catherine Littlefield who directs the troupe, plans its choreography, serves as its premiere danseuse.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I wonder what the danseuse of to-day would think of the costume worn by her sister of the "sixties"?
From Life on the Stage by Morris, Clara
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