balletbal‧let /ˈbæleɪ $ bæˈleɪ, ˈbæleɪ/ ●●○ noun 
We’re going to the ballet tomorrow evening.2[uncountable] this type of dancing3[countable] a group of ballet dancers who work together: the Bolshoi ballet
WORD ORIGINballet
Origin:
1600-1700 French, Italian balletto, from ballo ‘dance’, from ballare; ➔ BALLERINAEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "Swan Lake" is my favorite ballet.
- He was also presenting ballets in a similar format to Rustic Revelry.
- His steps are in no ballet dictionary.
- I feel the same way about ballet and, to a lesser extent, basketball.
- Ozawa with his light ballet touch is a natural for this score.
- Purely classical ballets are still popular, so there have to be choreographers who understand and mould the technique.
- The impetus fur any step, pose or gesture should be part of the overall rhythm of the ballet.
- There was a strong influence from his parents pushing John towards an interest in ballet.
- Throughout his career, the profane would compete with the sacred when Alvin contemplated themes for ballets.
WORD SETS
arabesque, nounballerina, nounballet, nounballet dancer, nounballroom, nounballroom dancing, nounbelly dance, nounbolero, nounboogie, verbbop, verbbop, nounbossanova, nounbreakdancing, nouncabaret, nouncancan, nouncha-cha, nounchoreograph, verbchoreography, nounchorus, nounconga, nouncountry dancing, noundance, noundance, verbdo-si-do, nounexotic dancer, nounflamenco, nounfloor show, nounfolk dance, nounfootwork, nounfoxtrot, noungo-go dancer, nounhoofer, nounhornpipe, nounhula, nounjig, nounjitterbug, nounjive, nounjive, verblambada, nounminuet, nounmorris dancing, nounpas de deux, nounpirouette, nounpolka, nounprima ballerina, nounquadrille, nounquickstep, nounreel, nounroutine, nounrumba, nounsalsa, nounsamba, nounsquare dance, nounstep, nounstudio, nountango, nountango, verbtap, nountap dancing, nountarantella, nountwo-step, nounwaltz, nounwaltz, verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Margot Fonteyn, the famous British ballet dancerCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1[countable] a performance in which dancing and music tell a story without any speaking: Margot Fonteyn, the famous British ballet dancer· Black dancers fared even worse in classical ballet.· But this was only innovative in so far as classical ballet was concerned as there are many 5/4 Slav folk dances.· But he thought the piece needed more work, and he wanted to get a better feeling for the classical ballet.· Purely classical ballets are still popular, so there have to be choreographers who understand and mould the technique.· But she realised that more serious training in classical ballet was necessary, and went to Edouard Espinosa for classes.· There are forms of dance which we all admit as forms of art: for example, classical ballet.· These have led to the same stereotyping of characters as happens in classical ballet.
· A few of the choreographers whose work he chose had solid reputations in modern dance and ballet.· No particular message united the repertoire, which ranged from outdoor performance pieces to modern ballet essays.
· Nineteenth-century choreographers creating either a character or a national ballet used both occupational and natural emotional gesture in their dance designs.
· He wrote that no new ballet could be founded on a dead ritual.· Although the new ballet had occupied much of his time and energy, other aspects of life continued.
· The latter he created specially to depict Alain, a very particular role which was unlikely to appear in any other ballet.· Most other story ballets can be analysed in much the same way.· In the total absence of black dancers, Covent Garden lags behind other ballet companies in the West.· They said at the time it was a crib, and La Sylphide is indeed markedly different from any other Bournonville ballet.· This is also true of occupational dances in other ballets, for example in those for the tradespeople in Ashton's Cinderella.· It is every bit as good as I remember and so are the other two ballets.
NOUN· There she inspected the results of a lifetime of disciplined diet and decades of rigorous ballet classes.· Maureen and I had been in the same ballet class about a hundred years ago.
· Stravinsky was commissioned in 1909 by Diaghilev to compose a new work for his famous ballet company to perform in Paris.· In the total absence of black dancers, Covent Garden lags behind other ballet companies in the West.· These four distinct types of dancer are still found in twentieth-century ballet companies.
· I felt weightless, light as a ballet dancer.· He is a sensational, irresistible presence who has the composure and concentration of a ballet dancer.· He became like a male ballet dancer - a support to lift up his glamorous partner and help her turn beautiful pirouettes.· I lift her soft and easy as a male ballet dancer would lift Giselle.· Poor Brady, a ballet dancer in a bearpit.· Look at her, May jeered, nodding over the road, thinks she's a ballet dancer.· A ballet dancer who does not practise every day loses a lot of skill, as does a musician.· I get as big a kick out of watching Seb on the top curve as I do watching a ballet dancer.
· Could this be because ballet lessons are now a very middle-class thing, like ponies?· She, has an ungainly walk for a child whose support payments specify weekly ballet lessons.
· It was not created at a good time for ballet music and these scores are relentlessly trivial.
· He wined and dined Princess Diana after supporting her favourite ballet school show.
VERB· Weaver was the first to create a ballet d'action in which the dancers told their own story.· And no one else has been creating ballets.· In 1901, Gorsky was inspired by Glinka's Valse Fantaisie to create the first abstract ballet.
· At the age of 12, Tupac joined a Harlem theatre group and studied ballet and acting.· Modern style After studying the above ballets it may well be asked what is modern style?· When the war was over, she won a scholarship to study ballet in London.
We’re going to the ballet tomorrow evening.2[uncountable] this type of dancing3[countable] a group of ballet dancers who work together: the Bolshoi ballet