premiere danseuse

[pruh-myer dahn-sœz] / prə myɛr dɑ̃ˈsœz /

NOUN

premier dancer

Synonyms

WEAK

danseur noble prima ballerina principal dancer

Example Sentences

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During dinner, there is entertainment, with dancers dressed up like leopards and a premiere danseuse performing on the head and shoulders of a bull.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rosina Galli, 44, dainty onetime premiere danseuse at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House, wife of fat Impresario Giulio Gatti-Casazza; of bronchopneumonia; in Milan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Harriet Hoctor, one of the few musi- comedy dancers who is still billed as premiere danseuse, justifies the title by leading the chorus, all attired in crimson riding habits, through a maze of green hurdles.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the summers she has been premiere danseuse and ballet mistress at Louis Eckstein's Ravinia Opera; in the winters a solo dancer at Metropolitan Opera, Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

"So you do not want to see le premiere danseuse du siècle!" he commented, as he entered the sitting-room of their suite behind Toby.

From Charles Rex by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)