Synonyms for prima ballerina

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pree-muh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpri mə

Définition of prima ballerina

noun lead woman ballet dancer

Example sentences :

I am not a prima ballerina, nor a Venus of Medici, nor a dead man.
Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald

Her rle is taken by a pantomimist, usually the prima ballerina.
Extract from : « The Complete Opera Book » by Gustav Kobb

They gave "Copelia," with the lovely Mauri as prima ballerina.
Extract from : « The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 » by Lillie DeHegermann-Lindencrone

At a reception at the house of the prima ballerina, Goldoni undertook to read his "Amalasunta."
Extract from : « The Comedies of Carlo Goldoni » by Carlo Goldoni

He was disguised as a prima ballerina for the purpose, and as a windup he danced, with great skill and abandon, a can-can.
Extract from : « A Little Garrison » by Fritz von der Kyrburg

In the former, instead of a prima donna we have a prima ballerina in the principal female part.
Extract from : « History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time » by Henry Sutherland Edwards

She was tired of hearing that one day she might, with diligence and application, become a Prima Ballerina.
Extract from : « Carnival » by Compton Mackenzie

Primo ballerino good; prima ballerina good, and people say pretty, but I have not seen her near.
Extract from : « The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol. 1 » by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

He, Mr. Churchill, and Mr. Lloyd George might almost have been called rivals for the rle of prima ballerina assoluta.
Extract from : « Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 » by Sir Stanley Maude

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