atypeofdancingin whichcontrolledmovementsof thebodyaredesignedtoexpressthebeautyofphysicalmotion, often whiletellingastory, or apieceofmusicfor suchdancing
In fact, manyballet-pantomimes fared better than the operas with which they were performed.
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Indeed, some critics looked uponballet-pantomime characters' silence with great displeasure, and actually suggested that they speak up.
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Like their female counterparts, they were not onlyballetdancers, but also mimes and character dancers.
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Those in charge of the chorus and the corps deballetwrote memos, on stationery with the same letterhead, about misbehaviour in the ranks.
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These ballets and operas were also closely comparable in appearance.
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This, perhaps, is the reason they were judged especially suitable forballet.
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It's likeballet: in order to be angry, you have to be on your toes.
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Before, you could learn the actor's craft exactly as aballetdancer did - that is, automatically, by repeating certain patterns or clichés.
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Even though the libretto indicates each divertissement for theballet, the dancers, here representing priests and demons, certainly also participated in the instrumental airs.
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In addition, the story-within-a-story device featured within the plots of many comic and grand operas is common inballet-pantomimes.
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A new system was in order, which would stimulate the creation of large-scale operas, ballets and dramatic works.
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Government censors followed the same format in their reports about operas andballet-pantomimes.
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What accounts for the disparity in tone between opera andballet?
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The first act finished with aballetof stonecutters.
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Given these close ties it is not surprising to discover a certain family resemblance between the librettos of operas andballet-pantomimes.
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ballet class
His jazz class was assembled in the progression of aballetclass, and he called his exercises the barre.
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ballet company
Today, if aballetcompanyis attached to an opera company at all, it gives its performances on separate evenings, or in separate seasons, or even in separate houses.
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ballet lessons
A girl had studied classical ballet, so she directed our ballet lessons.
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