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premiere danseuse

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


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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

In the evening for an hour he saw that happy laughing première danseuse, Mademoiselle Andree, at the gay little theater near the corner, pirouetting care from the heavy souls of men.

From Memories of a Musical Life by Mason, William

And he pirouetted gaily like a première danseuse.

From Memories of a Musical Life by Mason, William

Patty, as première danseuse, rode in a gilded chariot drawn by four gaily caparisoned white horses.

From Patty Blossom by Wells, Carolyn

The première danseuse knows precisely what a gentleman means when he twirls round forty-seven times on one leg, and then stands on his head. 

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