dancer
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A ballroom dancer who coddles his pet rats—Fred and Ginger—Declan rides a moped that his colleague, Sara Xiu, describes as “that pitiful hair-dryer on wheels.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But with a ballet core wardrobe, I can dress like one anyway, play the part of sophisticated dancer — sophisticated woman — in my spandex and satin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s how your body moves, whether or not you’re a professional dancer looking into a wall of mirrors or just a woman passing her reflection on her way out the door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
In 1957 Belafonte divorced his wife, Marguerite, who already was raising their two children single-handedly, and married Julie Robinson, a white dancer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
She began to speak as Elena did—as if she knew people wanted to hear her thoughts—and to hold herself taller, like a dancer.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
If the stage is where ballet dancers embody their characters, then rehearsal is where they embody themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
At the Los Angeles Ballet Center, I witnessed the dancers not as the titular Nutcracker or Giselle, or any of the other roles they perform, but instead as themselves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Fully integrated this time, they made the Act 2 name-day party exponentially more nightmarish for poor Tatyana, crowding the room along with the dancers sporting animal heads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Strictly Come Dancing dancers James and Ola have split up after 22 years of marriage, according to the Sun.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Gule Wamkulu were a secret gang of dancers.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
