premiere danseuse
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In Manhattan last week General Manager Guilio Gatti-Casazza announced plans for the Metropolitan Opera's coming season, married Rosina Galli, his première danseuse, and sailed for Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Patty, as première danseuse, rode in a gilded chariot drawn by four gaily caparisoned white horses.
From Patty Blossom by Wells, Carolyn
The brunette was Bluette, who played the soubrette rôles at the Odéon; the blonde was Céline Gamelle, the new première danseuse.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
The première danseuse knows precisely what a gentleman means when he twirls round forty-seven times on one leg, and then stands on his head.
From Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
There was another dancer there, an old grenadier of a woman who had been famous in her time as a première danseuse at the opera.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
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