danseur

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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

On compte parmi ses principaux membres Dereke Clements, un danseur afro-américain basé en France, et l’écrivaine Rebecca Walker, fille de la romancière Alice Walker, a rejoint son comité consultatif.

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2017

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

Still a beau danseur, the old Englishman had not forgotten the pirouettes of Versailles; all the court admired, and the young princes were greatly amused.

From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron