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premier danseur

[ French pruh-myey dahn-sœr ]

noun

, plural pre·miers dan·seurs [p, r, uh, -myey dah, n, -, sœr].
  1. the leading male dancer in a ballet company.


premier danseur

/ prəmje dɑ̃sœr; prəmjɛr dɑ̃søz /

noun

  1. the principal dancer in a ballet company
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of premier danseur1

1820–30; < French: literally, first dancer (masculine)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of premier danseur1

C19: literally: first dancer
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Example Sentences

The bigger roles in the classical repertory, essential for the premier danseur, have as yet eluded him.

Pablo Picasso designed the sets and costumes, and the choreography was by Leonide Massine, who succeeded Nijinsky as Diaghilev's premier danseur.

Her father was premier danseur in the Madrid Opera ballet in which she herself made her debut at 9.

The handsome blond dancer became in fact, if not in name, the premier danseur of City Ballet, especially in his ability to partner great ballerinas.

Although he lacked the passionate dynamism of Rudolf Nureyev or Mikhail Baryshnikov's transparent, effortless style, some critics believed that he was fully the equal of those famed Soviet emigres as a premier danseur.

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