premiere danseuse

[pruh-myer dahn-sœz] / prə myɛr dɑ̃ˈsœz /

NOUN

premier dancer

Synonyms

WEAK

danseur noble prima ballerina principal dancer

Example Sentences

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Harriet Hoctor, one of the few musi- comedy dancers who is still billed as premiere danseuse, justifies the title by leading the chorus, all attired in crimson riding habits, through a maze of green hurdles.

From Time Magazine Archive

Baritone: Barre Hill from Reading, Mich. Muriel Stuart, onetime member of Pavlowa's troupe, is new as premiere danseuse.

From Time Magazine Archive

During dinner, there is entertainment, with dancers dressed up like leopards and a premiere danseuse performing on the head and shoulders of a bull.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rosina Galli, 44, dainty onetime premiere danseuse at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House, wife of fat Impresario Giulio Gatti-Casazza; of bronchopneumonia; in Milan.

From Time Magazine Archive

"So you do not want to see le premiere danseuse du siècle!" he commented, as he entered the sitting-room of their suite behind Toby.

From Charles Rex by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)