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ballet

2 definitions • 2 examples
1
a type of dancing where carefully organized movements tell a story or express an idea, or a theatre work that uses this type of dancing:

Examples:

a ballet dancer
By the age of 15 he had already composed his first ballet (= music for a ballet).
2
a type of dancing in which controlled movements of the body are designed to express the beauty of physical motion, often while telling a story, or a piece of music for such dancing

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