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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

  • (..) You can still save her. But you're gonna have to get away from your friends. - Can you handle that? - Where should I meet you? How about your old ballet studio? Poor Mommy would pay the price for that mistake. I'd never given much thought to how I would die. But dying in the place of someone I love (..)
    2008 Twilight
  • (..) are on while they're on it. If they change their minds, the vision changes. Okay, so the course that the tracker's on now is gonna lead him to a ballet studio? - You've been here? - I took lessons as a kid. The school I went to had an arch just like that. Was your school here in Phoenix? (..)
    2008 Twilight