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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Rita De Leporte, the Metropolitan's premi�re danseuse, whipped together an able troupe of 100.

From Time Magazine Archive

Instead, she tells a series of delicately interwoven stories: A danseuse, having lost confidence in herself, finds a man in her room who has come to steal her jewelry.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hundreds of lorgnettes were instantly directed toward her, and even the premi�re danseuse, who was just making her highest leap, momentarily lost her exclusive dominion over her admirers.

From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul