Ballet - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Ballet : (noun)
1: a theatrical representation of a story performed to music by ballet dancers [syn: concert dance]
2: music written for a ballet

Based on WordNet 2.0

Ballet : \Bal"let`\, n. [F., a dim. of bal dance. See 2d Ball, n.] 1. An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.

2. The company of persons who perform the ballet.

3. (Mus.) A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, -- most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.

4. (Her.) A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, etc., according to color.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Ballet
	margotrubiano: babysitting tonight:) missing dance. 6 MAKEUPS IN Ballet!!!! UGHHH. but only 2 in jazz:)
	ElaineLiner: RT @TheaterJones: Sometimes you feel like a nut: Margaret Putnam on Texas Ballet Theater's "The Nutty Nutcracker." http://bit.ly/7NfxPv
	Andiethewestie: @CleoK ha! Well I was one of those ones who wore a pink tutu...gosh I loved Ballet, but didn't have the body type for it.

Ballet - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Ballet