danseuse
Female ballet performer
A danseuse is a female ballet dancer, especially a principal or soloist.
The French term carries connotations of classical training and artistic refinement that plain "dancer" lacks: The danseuse executed a flawless series of fouettés.
The word appears mainly in formal or literary contexts discussing ballet.
Classical female dancer
- primaChief female performer
- tutuShort projecting dance skirt
- pointeBallet's tiptoe technique
- pliéBallet knee-bending movement
arabesque · pirouette · jeté · pas de deux · adagio · allegro · barre · variation
Graceful, unshakable calm
- fluidityState of flowing freely
- lightnessMinimal weight or gravity
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- refinementElegance of manner
delicacy · suppleness · ethereal · sylphlike · lithe · lissome · willowy · nimbleness
ballerina
Classical female dancer
plié · arabesque · pirouette · jeté · pas de deux · adagio · allegro · barre · variation · corps de ballet
poise
Graceful, unshakable calm
refinement · delicacy · suppleness · ethereal · sylphlike · lithe · lissome · willowy · nimbleness · effortlessness
stage
Raised performance platform
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
- choreographyDesigning performance movement sequences
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
applause · ovation · curtain call · premiere · finale · solo · ensemble · costume · audience · proscenium
- balletballet, ballerina, ballet shoes, tutus, tutu