ballet
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And as our little girl puts on her tutu for 3-year-old ballet class, she says, “No, momma, I don’t want to go to dance class.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
As a trained ballet dancer, I love structure, rules and the methodological algorithm of how story ballets go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
I was expecting a spare space with nothing more than a mirror and ballet barre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
A kindergarten across the street from the family home held ballet classes after the regular school day finished.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The ballet teacher reflected in the mirror clutched her throat as if Belet was about to launch herself at her.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
It all ultimately feels like five separate little ballets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
She also reimagined famous choreography from ballets like “The Nutcracker” and “Sleeping Beauty.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
When you’re imagining what Balanchine would do, your mind is going to what his ballets were.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
Stafford and Whelan have commissioned 12 ballets by choreographers of color in the last six years, it says.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
To emphasise the intended awe and majesty of the occasion, Louis XIV’s long, mythological ballets would begin with a self-contained instrumental introduction, or opening.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing ballet
English Words Derived from French, List 2
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Dance - Introductory
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