Ballet vs. Ballerina — What's the Difference?

Ballet (French: [balɛ]) is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary.

A principal woman dancer in a ballet company.

A classical dance form characterized by grace and precision of movement and by elaborate formal gestures, steps, and poses.

A ballet dancer who is a woman or a girl.

A theatrical presentation of group or solo dancing to a musical accompaniment, usually with costume and scenic effects, conveying a story or theme.

A female ballet dancer.

A musical composition written or used for this dance form.

The star female ballet performer in the company.

A classical form of dance.

A male ballet dancer; a ballerino

A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.

A ballet flat shoe.

The company of persons who perform this dance.

A female ballet dancer.

(music) A light part song, frequently with a fa-la-la chorus, common among Elizabethan and Italian Renaissance composers.

A female ballet dancer

A (small) ball i.e. roundel on a coat of arms, called a bezant, plate, etc., according to colour.

(figurative) Any intricate series of operations involving coordination between individuals.

To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.

An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.

The company of persons who perform the ballet.

A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, - most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers; - also spelled ballett.

A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.

A theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers

Music written for a ballet