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

Principal actors are Adele, a danseuse, and two ne'er-do-well youths, always broke.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He bought the picture, and ceaselessly employed me to make sketches of her in some way or another—as a queen—as a boy—as a danseuse.

From Love's Usuries by Creswicke, Louis