ballet
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3.7
- noun
- /bæˈleɪ/
- As a choreographer... ...Gene staged this exciting and bittersweet ballet... ...to Richard Rodgers' "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"... ...from Words and Music.
- Firebird ballet
- Royal Ballet
- Winnipeg Ballet
Examples
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When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet, The Rite of Spring...
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Aaron Copland made extensive use of folklore in his ballet Billy the Kid.
Academic text (2011) -
I'm just working on the score of my new ballet, The Red Shoes.
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The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is generally regarded as one of the finest ballet companies in the world.
Academic text (1996) -
Jeanette was a professional ballet dancer in the Arizona Ballet Company.
Blog text (9) -
In Russia, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet had its first complete performance in St. Petersburg.
Fiction book (1993) -
On their second evening, they met for the premiere of Molière's comic ballet La princesse d'lide.
Academic text (2001) -
The music composed for the new ballet, The Nutcracker, captivated everyone in the theater.
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She loves to listen to the ballet scores of famous composers like Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.
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Composing a new ballet requires a deep understanding of both music and dance.
Compounds
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3.6
A traditional dance style with precise, formal movements performed to classical music
- Specialized
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9.5
A group of dancers who perform together to support the lead dancers
How Complex
Surface Forms
Etymology
The musical sense of ballet comes from the same Italian balletto 'little dance'. So a ballet as music is music written to go with that staged 'little dance'.