corps de balletnoun [ S, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˌkɔː.də ˈbæl.eɪ/us/ˌkɔːr.də.bæl ˈeɪ /the members of a group of ballet dancers who dance together, especially those who are not the main dancers
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- adios
- al fresco
- aloha
- aloo
- alu
- andante
- Angrez
- angst
- bon voyage
- double entendre
- déjà vu
- libretto
- operetta
- prima ballerina
- reveille
- scherzo
- smorgasbord
- sonata
- virtuoso
- wanderlust
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- One can imagine a playhouse running on the basis of a big ballet, with a story, popular music, magnificent scenery, gorgeous costumes, huge corps de ballet, half-a-dozen principals and immense advertisement.
- Some pictures which will always count among the masterpieces of the nineteenth century, represent the whole corps de ballet performing on the stage before a dark and empty house.