ballet
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In an eye-catching debut, the impressively schooled and wonderfully animated corps de ballet dancer Kloe Walker, ably supported by an elegant Preston Chamblee, made fine work of the ballet’s “Serenata” duet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
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
Silent movies may be the home of slapstick, but they are also akin to ballet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Her Peugeot bicycle is on sale, as are two pairs of leather Repetto ballet flats.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Belet's pirouette completed, she slowly lowered her foot like a ballet dancer.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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As usual with Heartbeat projects, the focus was narrowed to the main story, so choruses and ballets were cut along with some characters and subplots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
How much do you know about one of the most impactful ballets and what will that look like?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
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
To emphasise the intended awe and majesty of the occasion, Louis XIV’s long, mythological ballets would begin with a self-contained instrumental introduction, or opening.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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English Words Derived from French, List 2
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