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lead dancer

NOUN
prima ballerina
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Soon she was a lead dancer in the star-spangled Lido de Paris show at the Stardust Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 2026

The USC team adopted a style that mimics Jackson State’s J-Settes in which a lead dancer performs a move, and the others repeat it.

From Washington Post Oct. 4, 2022

I was the lead dancer in a Broadway show.

From Salon Oct. 27, 2021

“As long as I can move, I will keep dancing,” says Li Fei, a lead dancer.

From Seattle Times Oct. 16, 2021

Two forthcoming films also centre on the ballet and its feverishly exalted lead dancer.

From The Guardian Nov. 24, 2017




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