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ballet

Definition

  • noun: a kind of dancing that is performed on a stage and that uses dance, music, costumes, and scenery to tell a story
  • noun: a theatrical art form using dancing, music, and scenery to convey a story, theme, or atmosphere
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: broadway musical, grand guignol, passion play

Examples

  • 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.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) In a rehearsal once, a dancer fell. And he just put it right into the production. Can you imagine that in a classical ballet? A dancer intentionally falling? There's a whole new word for dance now, it's called abstract. He's not the only one though, there's Lincoln Kirstein, (..)
    2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • (..) who never said a word to anyone, except himself. I wrote him constantly. I told him I had been invited to audition in New York City, for the School of American Ballet. Please stay. Thank you. Thank you. You can stay. I was relegated to the "corps". Another dancing gypsy. (..)
    2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button