danseuse
Americannoun
plural
danseusesnoun
Etymology
Origin of danseuse
Example Sentences
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The biggest casualty was Edgar Degas’ bronze sculpture of a teenage ballerina, “Petite danseuse de quatorze ans,” estimated to bring as much as $35 million.
From BusinessWeek • Nov. 2, 2011
Gwen Verdon, danseuse distingu�e of the U.S. musical stage, is fetchingly exuberant as a taxi dancer seeking a wagon for her unhitched star.
From Time Magazine Archive
To be sure she was La Argentina, the Spanish dancer* who as a child was premi�re danseuse classique at the Royal Opera in Madrid, as a mature artist the rage of Berlin, of Paris.
From Time Magazine Archive
And there is a very proper belief that one Gwen Verdon is the equal of a hand-picked chorus line, a spotlighted siren, a surefire comic, and a sought-after premi�re danseuse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pr�vost could teach her, the little girl returned to Brussels, and made her d�but at the theatre with such astonishing success that, in spite of her youth, she was appointed premi�re danseuse.
From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel
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