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ballet

[ba-ley, bal-ey] / bæˈleɪ, ˈbæl eɪ /
NOUN
graceful, expressive dancing
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As a trained ballet dancer, I love structure, rules and the methodological algorithm of how story ballets go.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

I was expecting a spare space with nothing more than a mirror and ballet barre.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Yoko Morishita was 3 years old when she first put on a pair of ballet shoes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Few ballet stars make it past 40 before hanging up their pumps and switching to teaching, overcome by the immense physical, mental and artistic demands of the art form.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Malia is in our room changing into her ballet outfit.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

It all ultimately feels like five separate little ballets.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

According to recent industry reports, ticket sales to American operas and ballets hover between 1.4 to 3 million each, depending on the year.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 9, 2026

When you’re imagining what Balanchine would do, your mind is going to what his ballets were.

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

The type of story that everyone loves to see in ballets or books or movies but hates to hear about in real life.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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