ballerina
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Today, Morishita is the world’s oldest ballerina still taking on demanding lead roles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Monson de Kansky trained with the former Bolshoi Ballet prima ballerina for three years, until her father inquired about her future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
After more than a decade abroad, it was time for the ballerina to return to America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Upon learning that she was a ballerina, he ordered her to dance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
That song and the ballerina photo were the two things that reminded me that I was still alive.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
That meant that his first prominent patients weren’t point guards or centers but New York’s premier ballerinas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Blessedly, these ballerinas didn’t learn their skills in prison or the foster system, and their tutus are not fodder for a satanic pyre.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
But Giorgos Mavrogordatos, emeritus professor at the University of Athens criticised the evzone display as "extravagant figures resembling ballerinas for the pleasure of tourists".
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
His movies are almost always about characters at risk of squandering their potential, be they ballerinas, wrestlers, mathematicians or baseball players.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
The fairies were uniformly tall and beautiful, with the lithe musculature of professional ballerinas.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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