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

Lola's début as a première danseuse was made on March 30, 1844.

From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace

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)

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)

She reminded me simultaneously, as she descended, of a mystic Russian première danseuse, a barefooted native swinging down his cocoanut grove, and High Diddle Dumpling my son John.

From Life's Minor Collisions by Warner, Frances Lester