ballet
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But with a ballet core wardrobe, I can dress like one anyway, play the part of sophisticated dancer — sophisticated woman — in my spandex and satin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
In the ballet rehearsal, they warm up, they finesse, they practice and pretend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The snug yet stretchy fabrics of their leotards and tights allow artistic director Melissa Barak to observe the nuance in their movements as they perfect her new ballet, set to Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz’s “Kauyumari.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The director and performer’s 1956 ballet film is a superb experiment in storytelling through choreography.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
I started ballet lessons when I was four years old.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
Stravinsky had spent nearly two decades working inside self-imposed forms—neoclassical symphonies and ballets built on borrowed material.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
She also reimagined famous choreography from ballets like “The Nutcracker” and “Sleeping Beauty.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
How much do you know about one of the most impactful ballets and what will that look like?
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
He commissioned the unknown, untested Igor Stravinsky to provide music for one of the new ballets, The Firebird.
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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