ballet meaning
EN[ˈbæl.eɪ] [bæˈleɪ] [-æleɪ]US
WBallet
- Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.
- Ballet may also refer to a ballet dance work, which consists of the choreography and music for a ballet production.
FR ballet
- NounPLballetsSUF-let
- A classical form of dance.
- A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
- The company of persons who perform this dance.
- (music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
- (heraldry) A bearing in coats of arms representing one or more balls, called bezants, plates, etc., according to colour.
- A classical form of dance.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Arms and upper-body carriage this spring have few if any of the inelegancies that were almost a City Ballet hallmark.
- It catches an American athleticism and energetic team spirit that still seem to smash European notions of ballet classicism, as does its dancers’ selfless manner and their practicelike costumes.
- But other passages of “Concerto DSCH” have strong elements of what ballet folk define as both demicharacter and character dance.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Nureyev was always inclined to overchoreograph, cramming steps onto every beat, a tendency only increased when he restaged ballets.
- And since it’s largely underdanced, it only occasionally feels like a ballet.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of ballet in English Dictionary
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- fr ballet
- en ballets
- fr ballets
- en balletic
- en balletwear
Source: Wiktionary