corps de ballet
noun
corps de bal·let
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Definition of corps de ballet
: the ensemble of a ballet company
Examples of corps de ballet in a Sentence
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There was room for the expert corps de ballet, although much of their work was lost on the large video screens. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Review: L.A. Phil’s newly promoted Bortolameolli casts a flamenco spell at the Bowl," 12 July 2019 Three apprentices, Sydney Dolan, Federico D’Ortenzi, and Erin O’Dea, have been promoted to the corps de ballet, and Pennsylvania Ballet II’s Flavia Morante was moved into the main company as an apprentice. — Ellen Dunkel, Philly.com, "Pennsylvania Ballet promotes 10 dancers," 7 May 2018 The second movement is dazzling in the tiny steps and patterns given to a corps de ballet who closely cross the back of the stage. — New York Times, "Jerome Robbins, Ballet’s Mr. ‘Take It Easy, Baby,’ at 100," 27 Apr. 2018 There’s also a new work by Myles Thatcher, a member of the San Francisco Ballet’s corps de ballet who has become a choreographic darling of the ballet world in the past few years. — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, "A season of 'more' from Cincinnati Ballet," 8 Mar. 2018 There was room for the expert corps de ballet, although much of their work was lost on the large video screens. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Review: L.A. Phil’s newly promoted Bortolameolli casts a flamenco spell at the Bowl," 12 July 2019 Bigger in nearly every dimension than its predecessor, the new Ram dwarfs other traffic like a linebacker in the corps de ballet. — Dan Neil, WSJ, "A Luxury Truck Showdown: Ram 1500 vs. GMC Sierra," 11 Oct. 2018 The second movement is dazzling in the tiny steps and patterns given to a corps de ballet who closely cross the back of the stage. — New York Times, "Jerome Robbins, Ballet’s Mr. ‘Take It Easy, Baby,’ at 100," 27 Apr. 2018 Three apprentices, Sydney Dolan, Federico D’Ortenzi, and Erin O’Dea, have been promoted to the corps de ballet, and Pennsylvania Ballet II’s Flavia Morante was moved into the main company as an apprentice. — Ellen Dunkel, Philly.com, "Pennsylvania Ballet promotes 10 dancers," 7 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'corps de ballet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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