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

Ann Miller, ex-Scandals star, Hollywood danseuse, grabbed a revolver and blazed away into a tree outside her bedroom window.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

On returning from his house he met Henri Segel, for whom his aversion had augmented since, on the route from Genoa to Spezzia, he had encountered him in company with the danseuse Gigante.

From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy