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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

Crocs is expanding beyond Jibbitz to embrace “elevated” customization like temporary shoe tattoos and attachable ballet ribbons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 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

Barrecore is a brand specialising in barre, a fitness discipline that combines pilates, ballet, and yoga.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Now she wouldn't be able to be in the ballet at all.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene

Prominent among these were ballets by Ms. Tharp, the one-time experimentalist modern-dance maker whose creations for ABT made up the opening bill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025

She also reimagined famous choreography from ballets like “The Nutcracker” and “Sleeping Beauty.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025

If you go back to the 15th and 16th centuries, ballets were like a party, like combining the Met Gala with a high school prom and a giant party — that’s what it was.

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

“That was cool. I want to be a writer, too. And a ballet dancer. I’m going to write stories and make ballets about them.”

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu




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