ballet performance
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3.5
- noun
- /bæˈleɪ pərˈfɔːrməns/
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representación de ballet
- Last night, we attended a stunning ballet performance that showcased the dancers' incredible talent.
Examples
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Indeed, most audience members leave a Nut performance satiated with enough sugary dancing to last a whole year before needing to see another ballet performance, which is usually The Nutcracker again.
Blog text (16) -
A month before, the last time I'd gotten sick from my period, we'd missed a ballet performance because of it.
Fiction book (1998) -
Mass is clearly not there to be watched like a ballet performance, but what is demanded by the Second Vatican Council is true participation ('participatio actuosa'), not active participation.
Blog text (20) -
The ballet performance featured classic pieces by Tchaikovsky and left the audience in awe.
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My friend is excited to see the upcoming ballet performance at the city theater this weekend.
Synonyms
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1.0
A set of steps and movements performed to music
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2.7
A live show of a play, concert, or dance for an audience
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3.3
A dance performance that tells a story using trained, formal movements
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3.6
A public performance of music or dance, usually by a soloist, a small group
How Elaborate
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a performance featuring ballet dancing' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'ballet' (a formal staged dance) with 'performance' (a staged presentation). This noun+noun construction indicating the type of performance is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Ballet performance combines ballet, a formal kind of dance, and performance, a staged show. Ballet began as dances for kings and queens and later moved to theaters where dancers told stories with movement, so ballet performance means 'a staged show of ballet dancing'.