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ballerina 1. a female ballet dancer 2. US the principal female dancer of a ballet company How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At the end, he presented the prima ballerina assoluta with his reinforced shoes. However, this almost ugly duckling, born in England as Peggy Hookham and getting her first serious training in Shanghai, did become a swan, indeed a swan queen of queens, who in 1979, at the age of 60, was awarded the still unique title of Prima Ballerina Assoluta of Britain's Royal Ballet. MARIUS PETIPA COULDN'T stand his prima ballerina assoluta, and in his diaries, called her "rotten," "spiteful," a "nasty swine" who refused to share her roles with deserving rivals like Olga Preobrajenska. |
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