Ballet

What do we mean by ballet?

A classical dance form characterized by grace and precision of movement and by elaborate formal gestures, steps, and poses. noun

A theatrical presentation of group or solo dancing to a musical accompaniment, usually with costume and scenic effects, conveying a story or theme. noun

A musical composition written or used for this dance form. noun

A little ball: in heraldry, a bearing in coats of arms, denominated, according to the color, bezants, plates, hurts, etc. noun

To express by dancing or in a ballet.

A spectacular dance, more or less elaborate in steps, poses, and costumes, in which a number of performers, chiefly females, take part. noun

A complete pantomime or theatrical representation, in which a story is told, and actions, characters, and passions are represented, by gestures and grouping, accompanied by characteristic or illustrative music, dancing, and often rich scenery and decorations. noun

The corps of dancers who perform ballets. noun

An obsolete form of ballad.

The music to which a ballet is danced. noun

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, especially in England, a light glee-like madrigal or part-song, often with a fa-la burden. See fa-la. noun

In the eighteenth century, a series of instrumental dances properly in the same key and usually for stringed instruments; a suite (which see). noun

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. noun

The company of persons who perform the ballet. noun

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

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

A classical form of dance. noun

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

The company of persons who perform this dance. noun

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

A classical form of dance.

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

The company of persons who perform this dance.

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

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

Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.

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