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‖ premier danseur|prəmje dɑ̃sœr| Pl. premiers danseurs. [Fr., lit. ‘first dancer’.] A leading male dancer in a ballet company. Cf. première danseuse.
1828[see danseur]. 1860Thackeray Round. Papers iii, in Cornh. Mag. May 634 Sir Alcide Flicflac (premier danseur of H.M. Theatre)! 1930C. W. Beaumont Hist. Ballet in Russia vii. 49 Dutac was honoured with the position of premier danseur during the reign of Alexander I. 1930― tr. Noverre's Lett. on Dancing & Ballets 21 If he [sc. the maître de ballet] concentrate his attention of the premières danseuses and premiers danseurs, the action becomes tedious. 1938A. L. Haskell Ballet ii. 20 The field-marshal de Bassompière, [was] a premier danseur between campaigns. 1969Times 11 Nov. 9/3 The vicissitudes of a premier danseur only half the size of his ballerina partner are worthy of consideration. 1973R. Hayes Hungarian Game xxxv. 211, I watched a traffic cop directing sluggish cars like a premier danseur in a cattle pen. 1978Chicago June 26/3 Jacques d'Amboise, premier danseur of the New York City Ballet, returns to choreograph a special number for the evenings. |