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ballet

[ba-ley, bal-ey] / bæˈleɪ, ˈbæl eɪ /
NOUN
graceful, expressive dancing
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I’m pretty sure the kind of dancing I did was called ballet.

From Literature

In challenging the rigid conventions of ballet, Martha Graham redefined what dance looked like in the 20th century.

From The Wall Street Journal

More happily, for me, was what this often-intricate workout revealed about these dancers and their individual command of classical ballet’s challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal

She was trained in ballet as a child, and also appeared in local plays and musicals at An Grianán Theatre.

From BBC

Collins noticed her ballet pirouettes suffered during her luteal phase; Gomez saw women pushing through heated Pilates classes until they nearly passed out.

From Los Angeles Times