ballet
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The man who created “The Rite of Spring”—a ballet whose pounding dissonances and unconventional rhythms caused pandemonium at its 1913 Paris premiere—now insisted that the bolder the creative ambition, the tighter the frame must be.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
"Why should only people who can afford ballet lessons and ballet shoes be our dancers?"
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Actor Timothée Chalamet is suddenly ballet and opera’s BFF.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Breanna lives in Tacoma, Washington state, in the US and has trained in ballet, contemporary, and jazz dance since childhood.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
“We have no openings in the corps de ballet, mademoiselle. Or among the principal dancers either, unless you are a prima ballerina assoluta, which, no offense, I think you are not.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing ballet
English Words Derived from French, List 2
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Dance - Introductory
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for September 4–September 10, 2021
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