ballet dancer
Noun
Meaning
a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company
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A ballet dancer is expected to be able to be stately and regal for classical work, free and lyrical in neo-classical work, and unassuming, harsh or pedestrian for modern and contemporary work.
Beyond Moving, an uplifting documentary about Siphe November, a gifted ballet dancer discovered as a boy in the townships.
In addition to Bomburst, the film's villains also include his pair of daffy spies (played by Alexander Doré and Bernard Spear), as well as the fearsome Child Catcher (ballet dancer Robert Helpmann).
Norman also associates the early performances of Jagger with the Rolling Stones in the 1960s as a male ballet dancer, with "his conflicting and colliding sexuality: the swan's neck and smeared harlot eyes allied to an overstuffed and straining codpiece."
Born in Lima, Peru, and raised on a sugar plantation in Paramonga four hours north of the capital city, Garza was a ballet dancer in her home country.
DISCIPLINE: Hard work has paid off for ballet dancer Jack Cusack who achieved two gold medals and a distinction in both grade one and two in his Royal Academy of Dance New Zealand ballet exams recently.