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

Ann Miller, ex-Scandals star, Hollywood danseuse, grabbed a revolver and blazed away into a tree outside her bedroom window.

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

And there is a very proper belief that one Gwen Verdon is the equal of a hand-picked chorus line, a spotlighted siren, a surefire comic, and a sought-after premi�re danseuse.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Era and Morning Herald praised the new danseuse in what seem to us extravagant terms, and deliberately ignored the inglorious dénouement of her performance.

From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.