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Ballet
| 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 |
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mystery |
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opera |
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Passion play |
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Singspiel |
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tableau |
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talk show |
tap dancing |
teleplay |
television drama |
television play |
terpsichore |
theater of cruelty |
Tom show |
total theater |
variety show |
vaudeville |
vaudeville show |
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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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