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ballet
[ ba-ley, bal-ey ]
noun
- a classical dance form demanding grace and precision and employing formalized steps and gestures set in intricate, flowing patterns to create expression through movement.
- a theatrical entertainment in which ballet dancing and music, often with scenery and costumes, combine to tell a story, establish an emotional atmosphere, etc.
- an interlude of ballet in an operatic performance.
- a company of ballet dancers.
- the musical score for a ballet:
the brilliant ballets of Tchaikovsky.
- a dance or balletlike performance:
an ice-skating ballet.
ballet
/ bæˈleɪ; bæˈlɛtɪk; ˈbæleɪ /
noun
- a classical style of expressive dancing based on precise conventional steps with gestures and movements of grace and fluidity
- ( as modifier )
ballet dancer
- a theatrical representation of a story or theme performed to music by ballet dancers
- a troupe of ballet dancers
- a piece of music written for a ballet
ballet
- Theatrical entertainment in which dancers, usually accompanied by music, tell a story or express a mood through their movements. The technique of ballet is elaborate and requires many years of training. Two classical ballets are Swan Lakeand The Nutcracker, composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky . Two great modern ballets are The Rite of Spring , composed by Igor Stravinsky , and Fancy Free , by Leonard Bernstein .
Derived Forms
- balletic, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·· [ba-, let, -ik, b, uh, -], adjective
- ·i·· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ballet1
Example Sentences
She was in the John Lewis store in Brent Cross, west London with her children to find a leotard, tutu and tights for her three-year-old daughter Emily, who was about to start ballet lessons.
He’d take Ava and Chace to ballet, and he used the truck to cart around equipment when he was volunteering backstage for the Westside School of Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” every year.
The notice came from a Seattle venue best known for being the home of our local ballet and opera companies, a place that generally programs highbrow acts.
"They would have a brass band, dancers or a ballet, and then a film at the end."
In Field’s film, the writer-director slyly lampoons the pretension of figures high up in the worlds of ballet, opera, theater and symphony, as well as more recognizable personas in public-facing industries like film and music.
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