ballet
US: /bæˈɫeɪ/
UK: /bˈæleɪ/
UK: /bˈæleɪ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ballet /'bælei/
- danh từ
- ba lê, kịch múa
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] a style of dancing that tells a dramatic story with music but no talking or singing: She wants to be a ballet dancer. + ballet shoes
2 [C] a story or work of art performed by a group of ballet dancers: 'Swan Lake' is one of the great classical ballets.
3 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of dancers who work and perform ballet together: members of the Royal Ballet
Collocation dictionary
1 style of dance
ADJ.
classical, modern
VERB + BALLET
study
He's studying classical ballet.
BALLET + NOUN
music | dancer | company | shoe | class, lesson, school | teacher
2 performance of a ballet
ADJ.
classical, modern, romantic
VERB + BALLET
compose, write | choreograph
More information about PERFORMANCE
PERFORMING:
arts write ~
He's written a new West End musical.
do, present, perform, produce, put on, stage ~
We are proud to present the play ‘Rocket to the Moon’. The drama group is doing a show.
direct ~
She is directing Verdi's opera ‘La Traviata’ at La Scala next year.
act in, appear in, perform in, sing in, star in ~
He starred in the West End hit musical ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’.
rehearse (for) ~
We had no time to rehearse for the play.
go to
the ballet/opera/theatreI haven't been to the theatre for ages.
see ~
Have you seen that new production of ‘Macbeth’?
~ open
‘The Nutcracker’ opens in December.
~ play, run
The show has been playing to packed houses. The show ran for years on Broadway.
~ close
The musical closes this week after a record number of performances.
a play/show
folds
The play folded after poor reviews.
at
the ballet/opera/theatreWe met at the opera.
in a/the ~
the characters in the play
~ by
a comedy by Moli
Concise English dictionary
ballets'bæleɪ
noun
+a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers
+music written for a ballet
