bunhead

IN DARREN ARONOFSKY'S thriller, "Black Swan", which has opened in America and is launched around the world from later this month, Natalie Portman plays Nina, the kind of ballerina who is referred to in the dance world as a "bunhead" because she has sacrificed her life to the quest for perfection.

The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2011

If this were the Hollywood version of ballet, her colossal transformation from nervous bunhead to confident star would have been sparked by overcoming a long addiction or a grueling injury.

Blooming in the Bright Lights Pia Catton 2012

I wouldn't mind seeing Bevil and bunhead take on youtube videos. alkali

Mike Judge Speculates on the Future of Beavis and Butthead | /Film 2009

Oh, to be back in a library again, if for nothing else than literary inspiration ... and a few good bunhead rants, too.

report 2006

And some of us have enough trouble living down the shushy-bunhead-in-sensible-shoes sterotype as it is, let alone the stigma of head-hunting or child labor exploitation.

HH Com 540 Miss Snark 2006

Closer and the Star Wars prequels, plays a ballerina so obsessed with her craft that she becomes what is known in the dance world as "a bunhead."

NPR Topics: News 2010

(Translation of bunhead slang: In "Swan Lake," the ballerina performs the dual role of Odette and Odile; the Rose Adagio features challenging balances on point.

NYT > Home Page By GIA KOURLAS 2010

(Translation of bunhead slang: In "Swan Lake," the ballerina performs the dual role of Odette and Odile; the Rose Adagio features challenging balances on point.

NYT > Technology By GIA KOURLAS 2010