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ballet

[ba-ley, bal-ey] / bæˈleɪ, ˈbæl eɪ /
NOUN
graceful, expressive dancing
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I was expecting a spare space with nothing more than a mirror and ballet barre.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Sure, the movements were thoughtful and precise, with the ballet barre providing postural support when needed.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

This led to the proliferation of the regional theater movement, said Eustis, as well as that of symphony orchestras and ballet companies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

At 12, she persuaded her parents to send her to ballet school in Tokyo.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

In any case, we were starving; we skipped the ballet and went to dinner instead.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

It all ultimately feels like five separate little ballets.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Stravinsky had spent nearly two decades working inside self-imposed forms—neoclassical symphonies and ballets built on borrowed material.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

His ballets are effective in ways no one else’s are.

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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