ballerina
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Today, Morishita is the world’s oldest ballerina still taking on demanding lead roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Monson de Kansky trained with the former Bolshoi Ballet prima ballerina for three years, until her father inquired about her future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
After more than a decade abroad, it was time for the ballerina to return to America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The nutritional deprivation she suffered caused her to lose the muscle tone she needed to pursue her dream of becoming a ballerina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
She said to me, “Well, sweetie, you won’t be able to wear a long-sleeved leotard with a turtleneck when you’re a world-famous ballerina, so you might as well get used to not wearing one now.”
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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That meant that his first prominent patients weren’t point guards or centers but New York’s premier ballerinas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
When their bus breaks down on the way to a showcase, a troupe of ballerinas led by “Dance Moms” alum and one-time Sia protégée Maddie Ziegler becomes stranded in a remote hotel-bar-dungeon-arms factory outside Budapest.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
But Giorgos Mavrogordatos, emeritus professor at the University of Athens criticised the evzone display as "extravagant figures resembling ballerinas for the pleasure of tourists".
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
His movies are almost always about characters at risk of squandering their potential, be they ballerinas, wrestlers, mathematicians or baseball players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
“You chose it because you said ferns were the ballerinas of plants. Don’t you remember how much you loved your old dance classes? You know, I used to love dancing, too.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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