Definition of Corps de ballet

1. Noun. The chorus of a ballet company.

Exact synonyms: Ensemble
Group relationships: Ballet Company
Generic synonyms: Chorus, Chorus Line

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corps De Ballet

corporeities
corporeity
corporified
corporifies
corporify
corporifying
corporin
corporisation
corporisations
corporization
corporizations
corposant
corposants
corps
corps-a-corps
corps de ballet (current term)
corps diplomatique
corps ronds
corpse
corpse camp
corpse camped
corpse camping
corpse camps
corpsed
corpselike
corpses
corpsicle
corpsicles
corpsing
corpsman

Literary usage of Corps de ballet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Russian Ballet by Ellen Terry (1913)
"I NOTICED in "Carnaval" the individual work done by each individual of the corps de ballet, yet always done in such a way as to contribute to the harmonious ..."

2. The Czar, His Court and People: Including a Tour in Norway and Sweden by John S Maxwell (1848)
"... Mountain—Bear Hunting—Academies of Science and Art —Theatres—Actors—The Opera—The Corps de Ballet—Music—Dress— The Clubs—Whist Playing. ..."

3. The czar, his court and people: including a tour in Norway and Sweden by John S. Maxwell (1848)
"... Russian Mountain — Bear Hunting— Academies of Science and Art—Theatres—Actors—The Opera—The Corps de Ballet—Music—Dress—The Clubs—Whist Playing. ..."

4. Records of Sport and Military Life in Western India by Thomas Gamble Fraser (1881)
"... Corps de Ballet.—Return to Head-quarters.— Sandy and the Bustard.—Pig-hunting; a vicious Sow. A SHORT distance from our head-quarters lay a district ..."

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