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Ballet

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.

Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers, but is distinct from musical theatre. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librettist and incorporates a number of the performing arts, such as acting, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet.

Ballet

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

Opera

A theatrical presentation in which a dramatic performance is set to music.

Ballet

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

Opera

The score of such a work.
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Ballet

A musical composition written or used for this dance form.

Opera

A theater designed primarily for operas.

Ballet

A classical form of dance.
A classically-trained ballet dancer

Opera

A plural of opus.

Ballet

A theatrical presentation of such dancing, usually with music, sometimes in the form of a story.
Let's go to the ballet in the theatre tomorrow!

Opera

A creative work, especially a musical composition numbered to designate the order of a composer's works.
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Ballet

The company of persons who perform this dance.
Zara joined the ballet at the age of 14.

Opera

(music) A theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.

Ballet

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

Opera

(music) The score for such a work.

Ballet

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

Opera

A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.

Ballet

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

Opera

A company dedicated to performing such works.

Ballet

To perform an action reminiscent of ballet dancing.

Opera

(by extension) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembling an opera.

Ballet

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.

Opera

Plural of opus; a collection of work.

Ballet

The company of persons who perform the ballet.

Opera

A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arias, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.

Ballet

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

Opera

The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music.

Ballet

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

Opera

The house where operas are exhibited.

Ballet

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

Opera

A drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes

Ballet

Music written for a ballet

Opera

Theater where opera is performed

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