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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

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

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021

“But if I’m going to come out for only two minutes,” she said while narrowing her eyes at the lead dancer, “I’m gonna need to slay.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2020

She was now the lead dancer in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”

From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2015

In that same year she was cast as the lead dancer in Bolero.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2011


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