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- noun Plural form of
ballet .
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The most famous pantomimical ballets or _ballets d'action_ (as they are styled) now represented here, are _Psyché_, _Télémaque_, _Le
Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis W. Blagdon 1798
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And I think if China really wants to bring their ballet to world standards, that's where they have to put the investment, and not just to make the audience excited, to give them the diversity in the art form that they'd enjoy, but also to give them a world class generation of dancers - the challenge that comes with these ballets is invaluable '.
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There he quickly became popular with Soviet audiences, dancing leading roles created for him in ballets such as Gorianka (1968) and Vestris (1969).
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Especially since the early voters and mail in ballets are favoring Obama in Indiana.
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In the great centers of art and culture, he worked as a scene illustrator in ballets and operas.
Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo - Universal artist from Colima 2007
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In the great centers of art and culture, he worked as a scene illustrator in ballets and operas.
Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo - Universal artist from Colima 2007
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This may be seen clearly in, for example, Morley's "ballets" -- part-songs that could be danced to.
Purcell John F. Runciman 1891
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Of the six works presented so far this season, three were narrative ballets, which is unusual for a company founded on breaking with convention and expressing music through movement.
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It should not be forgotten that it was NOVERRE who first brought about in France this reform in what were till then called ballets, without deserving the title.
Paris as It Was and as It Is Francis W. Blagdon 1798
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In more recent times, suites have contained excerpts from longer works, such as ballets, or have simply portrayed a scene, as in Ferde Grofés Grand Canyon Suite.
suite 2002
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