Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ardent admirer of the ballet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a ballet enthusiast.
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- noun An enthusiastic
ballet fan
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a ballet enthusiast
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For the diehard balletomane, real-time broadcasts start at 10 a.m. in New York; one brave West Coast outlet, Phoenix Big Cinemas Dos Lagos Stadium 15 in Corona, outside San Diego schedules a show in real time, at 7 a.m..
Debra Levine: David Hallberg, Matinee Idol, in Bolshoi Ballet "Sleeping Beauty" Simulcast This Weekend Debra Levine 2011
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For the diehard balletomane, real-time broadcasts start at 10 a.m. in New York; one brave West Coast outlet, Phoenix Big Cinemas Dos Lagos Stadium 15 in Corona, outside San Diego schedules a show in real time, at 7 a.m..
Debra Levine: David Hallberg, Matinee Idol, in Bolshoi Ballet "Sleeping Beauty" Simulcast This Weekend Debra Levine 2011
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I'll stick to last year's gorgeous La Danse from Frederick Wiseman, in which the 80-year old purveyor of rigorous documentaries comes out of the closet as a balletomane of rapturous proportion.
Debra Levine: Aronofsky's BLACK SWAN: Raw Deal for Odile Debra Levine 2010
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For my money, I prefer last year's gorgeous La Danse from Frederick Wiseman, in which the 80-year old purveyor of rigorous documentaries comes out of the closet as a balletomane of rapturous proportion.
Debra Levine: Aronofsky's BLACK SWAN: Raw Deal for Odile Debra Levine 2010
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The program also includes “The Concert,” which the Royal Ballet dances in a staging that includes cartoon drop curtains (commissioned by Robbins) by Edward Gorey, for decades a balletomane who missed few City Ballet performances.
Ballet in London: NYCB and The Royal go Toe to Toe - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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I'll stick to last year's gorgeous La Danse from Frederick Wiseman, in which the 80-year old purveyor of rigorous documentaries comes out of the closet as a balletomane of rapturous proportion.
Debra Levine: Aronofsky's BLACK SWAN: Raw Deal for Odile Debra Levine 2010
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I'll stick to last year's gorgeous La Danse from Frederick Wiseman, in which the 80-year old purveyor of rigorous documentaries comes out of the closet as a balletomane of rapturous proportion.
Debra Levine: Aronofsky's BLACK SWAN: Raw Deal for Odile Debra Levine 2010
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The program also includes “The Concert,” which the Royal Ballet dances in a staging that includes cartoon drop curtains (commissioned by Robbins) by Edward Gorey, for decades a balletomane who missed few City Ballet performances.
Ballet in London: NYCB and The Royal go Toe to Toe - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Wrongkong was founded in 2004 when the balletomane Dunbar linked up with local club act the Strike Boys (Yamaha and Kaiser).
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Sixty-Seven 2009
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Only thing, his feet are too turned in at points, which, for the balletomane in me, just takes away substantially from the line -- sorry I can't help it!
Tonya Plank: Shannon Elizabeth Needs to Stomp That Latin Out 2008
john commented on the word balletomane
“While dance fans eagerly await the release next month of “Black Swan,” Darren Aronofsky’s melodrama about rival ballerinas, here’s a version of “Swan Lake” you won’t see often. It’s not new, but it has lately been making the rounds, wowing some balletomanes and horrifying others.”
The New York Times, When Dancing on Pointe Isn’t Hard Enough, by Stephanie Goodman, November 17, 2010
November 18, 2010