prima ballerina

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The story is completely absurd, filled with plot holes and characters as thin as a prima ballerina.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Garr fancied herself a prima ballerina, obsessively pursuing that goal after her father died.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

Domantas Sabonis maneuvered his muscular, 7-foot-1 frame around the paint Saturday night with the nuance and control of a prima ballerina, holding the ball aloft with one hand and rotating to wherever Daniel Gafford wasn’t.

From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2023

Lupe Serrano, a former prima ballerina with American Ballet Theater who danced with Rudolf Nureyev and trained generations of dancers, died on Monday in Syosset, N.Y.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2023

Within moments of his arrival, he finds himself with a glass of sparkling wine in hand, exchanging pleasantries with a former prima ballerina.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern