prima ballerinas
Top ballet performers
Prima ballerinas are the principal female dancers in a ballet company—the top-ranked performers who take the leading roles.
The title, borrowed from Italian, literally means "first ballerinas." She rose through the corps de ballet to become one of the company's prima ballerinas.
The singular is prima ballerina.
- pointe shoesRigid-toed dance footwear
- tutuShort projecting dance skirt
- danseuseFemale ballet performer
- pliéBallet knee-bending movement
- grand jetéBallet's flying split
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prima ballerinascorps de ballet
Ballet's ensemble performers
understudies · apprentices · supernumeraries · extras · walk-ons
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