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

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

Though a danseuse noble, she keeps on studying with the enthusiasm of a tyro.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

"I've heard them say that the young danseuse, 'La Petite Eaglet,' is going to dance to-night," said Louis.

From Sharing Her Crime by Fleming, May Agnes