We enjoy going to the 'ballet'. [=we enjoy going to ballet performances]
This is one of my favorite 'ballets'.
We are going to a 'ballet' tonight.
(..) But if it is... destroyed... Look at all these little things, so busy, now. Each one is useful. What a lovely ballet. So full of form and colour. All the hundreds of technicians that created them will be able to feed their children tonight, (..)1997 The Fifth Element