danseuse

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The biggest casualty was Edgar Degas’ bronze sculpture of a teenage ballerina, “Petite danseuse de quatorze ans,” estimated to bring as much as $35 million.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 2, 2011

To be sure she was La Argentina, the Spanish dancer* who as a child was premi�re danseuse classique at the Royal Opera in Madrid, as a mature artist the rage of Berlin, of Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

More amusing was the scene wherein a chorus director was driven to distraction by a particularly inept performer who subsequently advertised herself as a "well trained, highly musical danseuse, accidentally still disengaged."

From Time Magazine Archive

They were loud in praise of Catherine Littlefield who directs the troupe, plans its choreography, serves as its premiere danseuse.

From Time Magazine Archive

This danseuse is a wonder, and they say there has never been such dancing since the days of Fanny Ellsler.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy