danseur
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“This company has such potential,” said Krcmar, the company’s lead danseur noble.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
D’Amboise embodied the ideal of an all-American style that combined the nonchalant elegance of Fred Astaire with the classicism of the danseur noble.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2021
Perhaps he could pass a few of his secrets to Berlanga, who is a potential danseur noble with everything going for him except a convincing demi-plié.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2012
But now, as Ms. Portman’s fiancé, Mr. Millepied has become tabloid fodder and is arguably the biggest danseur to cross over into pop culture since Mikhail Baryshnikov.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2011
Probably it is for the same reason that a male dancer is not termed a danseur while a female dancer is termed a danseuse.
From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English
The battle ends in a draw, natch, demonstrating the golden principle that the tappers and the danseurs should be friends.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2013
They asked also about England, and was it really true that when we went to a ball we stayed with our danseurs till the next dance?
From The Visits of Elizabeth by Glyn, Elinor
At the Paris balls the danseurs are all so young—few of the married men dance—only the very young ones.
From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King
