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ballet

[ba-lay, bal-ay] / bæˈleɪ, ˈbæl eɪ /
NOUN
graceful, expressive dancing
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Before that she was a barista, she made sandwiches, and for years, she was a ballet and contemporary dancer prior to becoming a writer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

“But if a person could go to a ballet at the Balanchine hall or a concert at the Leonard Bernstein hall, it would have such a different impact.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Ever the fashion muse, Chalamet is once again at the centre of another trend for 2027 - ballet.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Ms. Van Herpen has also dressed Beyoncé, Björk, Lady Gaga and Natalie Portman, and makes costumes for ballet and opera companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

I only have the girls from ballet, who I never even see anymore, and who don’t go to my school.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

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

The lengthier Met calendar offers multiact, narrative productions that focus on the troupe’s theater aspect, such as this year’s scheduled June-to-July season of four narrative ballets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

His ballets are effective in ways no one else’s are.

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

Stravinsky’s first spell of collaboration with Diaghilev comprised three ballets: The Firebird in 1910, Petrushka in 1911 and The Rite of Spring in 1913.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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