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

She had taken quietly enough the substitution of Patty for herself as première danseuse, and had even said she preferred the part that had been assigned her.

From Patty Blossom by Wells, Carolyn

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

But then it must be borne in mind that the première danseuse is a lady whose quickness of perception is altogether unique. 

From Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

“The next room was occupied by ‘a very great swell,’ the première danseuse of the ‘Lyceum’. 

From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney