Ballet vs. Ballerina

Balletnoun

A classical form of dance.

Balletnoun

A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.

Balletnoun

The company of persons who perform this dance.

Balletnoun

(music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.

Balletnoun

(heraldry) A bearing in coats of arms representing one or more balls, called bezants, plates, etc., according to colour.

Balletverb

To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.

Balletnoun

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.

Balletnoun

The company of persons who perform the ballet.

Balletnoun

A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, - most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers; - also spelled ballett.

Balletnoun

A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.

Balletnoun

a theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers

Balletnoun

music written for a ballet

Ballet

Ballet (French: [balɛ]) is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary.

Ballerinanoun

a female ballet dancer

Ballerinanoun

the star female ballet performer in the company

Ballerinanoun

a male ballet dancer

Ballerinanoun

a ballet flat shoe

Ballerinanoun

A female ballet dancer.

Ballerinanoun

a female ballet dancer