About The Word Ballet

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Ballet

Ballet Meaning & Definition
Ballet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ballet?

[n] a theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers
[n] music written for a ballet

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ballet: concert dance

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ballet: antimasque | audience success | ballad opera | ballet divertissement | ballroom dancing | bomb | broadcast drama | Broadway musical | burlesque show | charade | choreodrama | choreography | chorus show | classical ballet | cliff hanger | closet drama | comedy ballet | comedy drama | comic opera | critical success | dance | dance drama | dancing | daytime serial | dialogue | documentary drama | drama | dramalogue | dramatic play | dramatic series | duodrama | duologue | epic theater | experimental theater | extravaganza | failure | flop | gasser | giveaway | Grand Guignol | grand opera | happening | hit | hit show | hoofing | improvisational drama | legitimate drama | light opera | lyric drama | masque | melodrama | minstrel | minstrel show | miracle | miracle play | modern ballet | modern dance | monodrama | monologue | morality | morality play | music drama | musical | musical comedy | musical revue | musical stage | musical theater | mystery | mystery play | opera | opera ballet | opera bouffe | opera buffa | operetta | pageant | panel show | pantomime | Passion play | pastoral | pastoral drama | piece | play | playlet | problem play | psychodrama | quiz show | radio drama | review | revue | sensational play | serial | show | Singspiel | sitcom | situation comedy | sketch | skit | soap | soap opera | sociodrama | song-and-dance act | song-play | spectacle | stage play | stage show | straight drama | success | suspense drama | tableau | tableau vivant | talk show | tap dancing | teleplay | television drama | television play | terpsichore | theater of cruelty | Tom show | total theater | variety show | vaudeville | vaudeville show | vehicle | word-of-mouth success | work

See Also | act | chasse | choreography | classical ballet | comedy ballet | duet | glissade | modern ballet | music | pas de deux | pas seul | sashay | stage dancing | variation

Ballet In Webster's Dictionary

\Bal"let`\, n. [F., a dim. of bal dance. See 2d {Ball}, n.] 1. An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing. 2. The company of persons who perform the ballet. 3. (Mus.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers. 4. (Her.) A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.

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