ballet
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Ms. Van Herpen has also dressed Beyoncé, Björk, Lady Gaga and Natalie Portman, and makes costumes for ballet and opera companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Teasdale learnt both ballet and gymnastics to develop his footwork and skills in the ring and was seemingly set for stardom.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Suit trousers were paired with a leather jacket, a boater hat and ballet slippers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“There’s a lot of appeal to younger consumers in a style that is still fairly fresh to them, because maybe they weren’t shopping when ballet flats were last popular,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
They leaped over the swells with the grace of a corps de ballet and plunged into the depths once more.
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
During his tenure Shklyarov had impressed with contemporary and classical ballets alike, ranging from “The Nutcracker” and “Don Quixote” to George Balanchine’s “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux” and “Jewels.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2024
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
“That was cool. I want to be a writer, too. And a ballet dancer. I’m going to write stories and make ballets about them.”
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
Vocabulary lists containing ballet
English Words Derived from French, List 2
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Dance - Introductory
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