premiere danseuse
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In Manhattan last week General Manager Guilio Gatti-Casazza announced plans for the Metropolitan Opera's coming season, married Rosina Galli, his première danseuse, and sailed for Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
The brunette was Bluette, who played the soubrette rôles at the Odéon; the blonde was Céline Gamelle, the new première danseuse.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
And he pirouetted gaily like a première danseuse.
From Memories of a Musical Life by Mason, William
Mademoiselle D'Or, the première danseuse who had just arrived from Vienna, was to be the lioness of next week.
From Mike Fletcher A Novel by Moore, George (George Augustus)
There was another dancer there, an old grenadier of a woman who had been famous in her time as a première danseuse at the opera.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
