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prima ballerina

noun as in lead woman ballet dancer

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

All she had to do was surrender her prima ballerina goals for homesteader cosplay, and her voice to let her husband do the talking for her.

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But Valieva’s grace was what lifted her to another level: She floated across the ice, moving to the music as gently as a prima ballerina, with every inch of her body feeling the music.

Ms. Seymour and Gable were dropped from the main cast, and the ballet opened with Rudolf Nureyev and prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn, to whom she was forced to teach the steps.

Lives Lived: The former prima ballerina Lupe Serrano helped define ballet in America and was a beloved teacher to generations of dancers.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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