premier danseur

American  

[pruh-myey dahn-sœr] / prə myeɪ dɑ̃ˈsœr /

noun

plural

premiers danseurs

1. the leading male dancer in a ballet company.

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premier danseur British  

/ prəmje dɑ̃sœr, prəmjɛr dɑ̃søz /

noun

1. the principal dancer in a ballet company

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Etymology

Origin of premier danseur

1820–30; < French: literally, first dancer (masculine)

Example Sentences

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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His performance as Albrecht proved that Baryshnikov is ultimately a premier danseur noble � and a star likely to outsoar the shadow of cold war night that made his debut a faintly political occasion.

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

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