water ballet

noun

1. synchronized movements, patterns, and other visual effects performed in the water by swimmers, usually to a musical accompaniment.

Word History and Origins

Origin of water ballet¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

This is not the synchronized swimming that your parents or grandparents watched - the water ballet that made few waves below the flowery rubber caps and permanent smiles, It’s estranged from the sport introduced at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

From Washington Times

This is not the synchronized swimming that your parents or grandparents watched — the water ballet that made few waves below the flowery rubber caps and permanent smiles, It’s estranged from the sport introduced at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

From Seattle Times

Hideously transmogrified, they struggle upstream past the banks of Pacific Northwest lakes, rivers and streams in an intricate and terrifying water ballet.

From Seattle Times

There will be a 700-strong choir, and a water ballet sequence performed by the CBSO, the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Elmhurst Ballet School and inclusive dance company Critical Mass.

From BBC

There have been substantial advances in puppetry and digital effects since the first series, which ran from 1983 to 1987; the 21st century high-resolution widescreen television allows for bigger sets, bigger crowds, bigger production numbers — a water ballet, a “Soul Train” dance line — and more details in the characters and clothing.

From Los Angeles Times