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‖ première danseuse|prəmjɛr dɑ̃søz|
Also ellipt. première. Pl. premières danseuses.
[Fr., fem. of premier danseur.]
A leading female dancer in a ballet company; a ballerina.
1828[see danseuse]. 1846R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxiii. 327 Egyptians, whose women are the premières danseuses of these occasions, in which [gipsy] men never take a part. 1867Galaxy Aug. 441 The dancer who has passed the chrysalis ballet-girl stage, and is now a full-fledged, butterfly première. 1887J. Payn Holiday Tasks 13 But here his eye wanders..from the photo of the première danseuse at the Frivolity Music Hall. 1890G. B. Shaw London Music 1888–89 (1937) 314 Many a première danseuse holds her position in spite of a neck and wrists which are, dancingly considered, dead as doornails. 1911[see ballerina]. 1930[see premier danseur]. 1942L. Kirstein Bk. of Dance xiv. 319 The great..artist Vaganova,..frequently shines as its première [in the Lac des Cygnes]. 1974Sat. Rev. World (U.S.) 19 Oct. 40/2 The première danseuse étoile of the Opéra in Paris. 1978Ld. Drogheda Double Harness xx. 261 In 1919, she [sc. Ninette de Valois] was engaged as première danseuse for the season of international opera at Covent Garden. |