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ballet

[ US /bæˈɫeɪ/ ]
[ UK /bˈæle‍ɪ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
  2. music written for a ballet

How To Use ballet In A Sentence

  • How many fathers would drive their daughter 120 miles through mountainous terrain so she could attend weekly ballet and singing lessons?
  • There may be a chill in the air this winter, but if you're in the vicinity of the Royal Theatre in Castlebar chances are it will come from the Ice Ballet.
  • The straw that broke the camel's back was "jete" - which I said was a ballet term, from the French. Archive 2009-01-01
  • In his abstract ballets or interpretations of music, he rarely worried about the mood or emotional content of the music.
  • She even formed an American touring troupe with the distinguished George Washington Smith, America's first, and aptly named, premier danseur, who taught ballet in Philadelphia until his death in 1899.
  • Smith gave Mandy not only a new leotard, but tights and ballet shoes too.
  • In spring 2002 the company resurrected Robert Joffrey's innovative multimedia ballet, Astarte, a psychedelic work that had raised a storm at its premiere.
  • I don't understand why a ballet company can't perform fresh new material instead of just bringing out the same old warhorses year after year.
  • For a classical story ballet to truly be a fulfilling experience, the movements have to reveal character; they need to have an underlying motivation.
  • But this was only innovative in so far as classical ballet was concerned as there are many 5/4 Slav folk dances.
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