ballet
/bæˈleɪ/ nom B2En français : ballet
- A classical form of dance. · a classically-trained ballet dancer
- A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story. · Let's go to the ballet in the theatre tomorrow!
- The company of persons who perform this dance. · Zara joined the ballet at the age of 14.
- A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.
- A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour.
- Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.
Pluriel ballets
Dans la bibliothèque
The countess, in reply, bowed gracefully to Albert, and extended her hand with cordial kindness to Franz; then, inviting Albert to take the vacant seat beside her, she recommended Franz to take the next best, if he wished to view the ballet, and pointed to the one behind her own chair.
The curtain rose on the ballet, which was one of those excellent specimens of the Italian school, admirably arranged and put on the stage by Henri, who has established for himself a great reputation throughout Italy for his taste and skill in the choreographic art—one of those masterly productions of grace, method, and elegance in which the whole corps de ballet, from the principal dancers to the humblest supernumerary, are all engaged on the stage at the same time; and a hundred and fifty persons may be seen exhibiting the same attitude, or elevating the same arm or leg with a simultaneous movement, that would lead you to suppose that but one mind, one act of volition, influenced the moving mass.
The ballet was called Poliska.
The ballet at length came to a close, and the curtain fell amid the loud, unanimous plaudits of an enthusiastic and delighted audience.
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