danseur
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D’Amboise embodied the ideal of an all-American style that combined the nonchalant elegance of Fred Astaire with the classicism of the danseur noble.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2021
Perhaps he could pass a few of his secrets to Berlanga, who is a potential danseur noble with everything going for him except a convincing demi-plié.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 23, 2012
But now, as Ms. Portman’s fiancé, Mr. Millepied has become tabloid fodder and is arguably the biggest danseur to cross over into pop culture since Mikhail Baryshnikov.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2011
With his dance-tired feet stuffed into a pair of worn and obviously comfortable shoes, Rudolf Nureyev�perhaps the world's greatest danseur noble �accepted the annual Dance Magazine award in Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
So her danseur at the Ardayre ball was the first husband!
From The Price of Things by Glyn, Elinor
The battle ends in a draw, natch, demonstrating the golden principle that the tappers and the danseurs should be friends.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2013
At the Paris balls the danseurs are all so young—few of the married men dance—only the very young ones.
From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King
They asked also about England, and was it really true that when we went to a ball we stayed with our danseurs till the next dance?
From The Visits of Elizabeth by Glyn, Elinor
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