prima ballerina
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The story is completely absurd, filled with plot holes and characters as thin as a prima ballerina.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Garr fancied herself a prima ballerina, obsessively pursuing that goal after her father died.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024
Ms. Seymour and Gable were dropped from the main cast, and the ballet opened with Rudolf Nureyev and prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, to whom she was forced to teach the steps.
From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023
Lupe Serrano, a former prima ballerina with American Ballet Theater who danced with Rudolf Nureyev and trained generations of dancers, died on Monday in Syosset, N.Y.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2023
Not because I want to be a prima ballerina when I grow up, but because I intend on becoming a Broadway star someday.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
