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

Margot Fonteyn - the Royal Ballet prima ballerina - was among Sheena's fellow pupils in the classes, which were conducted in French.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2025

Garr fancied herself a prima ballerina, obsessively pursuing that goal after her father died.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

After witnessing prima ballerina Katya Symanova perform, Dr. John Curtin is so enchanted that he waits with white roses at the stage door.

From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022

Any joy she had once taken in dancing had left her, as had her grandiose dreams of being, at twelve years old, the youngest prima ballerina in the history of ballet.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood