premier danseur
Americannoun
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premiers danseurs
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of premier danseur
1820–30; < French: literally, first dancer (masculine)
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Here the Americans scored an ironic coup, for their production was staged by a premier danseur of the Royal Ballet, David Blair.
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Back home Bruhn, 32, is the idol of the Royal Danish Ballet, where he has brought new life to the classic roles reserved for a premier danseur noble.
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Pablo Picasso designed the sets and costumes, and the choreography was by Leonide Massine, who succeeded Nijinsky as Diaghilev's premier danseur.
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Royes Fernandez is the company's able, and sometimes distinguished premier danseur, and young Bruce Marks has the extra ebullience that sets off a star from the corps.
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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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