ballet

IPA: bæɫˈeɪ

A classical form of dance.
A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
The company of persons who perform this dance.
(music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
(heraldry, uncommon) A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour.
(figurative) Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.

Examples of "ballet" in Sentences

She learned ballet.
It is called as 'pas' in ballet.
He was the pioneer of the national ballet.
It is about the School of the Minnesota Ballet.
The band's HQ was in the ballet studio of the school.
Ethnography is used in the transnational ballet world.
The banquet was followed by a ballet of nymphs and satyrs.
It remains in the repertoire of the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
The breakthrough was the appearance of the ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.
Astaire was not enthused by the proposal to blend ballet with popular dance.
(And for most Chicagoans, Mr. Emanuel's training in ballet is unlikely to count.)
The surreal depiction of the title ballet is the high point of this film's cinematic ambition, a
John demonstrates some easy steps and tells me to stand in what I know as ballet's first position.
This ballet is a tale of romance, courtship, and adulterous encounters amidst the glitz and glamour of the belle époque.
Teeuwissen: During the '70s, what we refer to as the ballet boom, there was a significant amount of subsidy from the government for general operating and touring.
In O. Fr., according to Rousseau, _ballet_ signifies "to dance, to sing, to rejoice"; and thus it incorporates three distinct modern words, "ballet, ball and ballad."
One can imagine a playhouse running on the basis of a big ballet, with a story, popular music, magnificent scenery, gorgeous costumes, huge _corps de ballet_, half-a-dozen principals and immense advertisement.