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A ballerina is a female ballet dancer.
Although the term ballerina is used for any female ballet dancer it was originally a rank given to an exceptional ballet soloist in the Russian Imperial ballet companies. The rankings, from highest to lowest, were:
- prima ballerina assoluta
- prima ballerina
- ballerina
- premieres danseur
- soloist
- coryphee
- corps de ballet
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