ballet
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I’m pretty sure the kind of dancing I did was called ballet.
From Literature
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In challenging the rigid conventions of ballet, Martha Graham redefined what dance looked like in the 20th century.
More happily, for me, was what this often-intricate workout revealed about these dancers and their individual command of classical ballet’s challenges.
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
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