première danseuse

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Etymology[edit]

From French première danseuse (unlisted in dictionaries of French); from première, feminine form of premier (“first”) + danseuse, feminine form of danseur (“dancer”); feminine form of premier danseur (“first dancer”).[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (RP) enPR: pʀəmyĕʀ däɴsöz, prĕ'mĭë dŏnsӛzʹ, prĕ'mĭë dänsӛzʹ, prĕ'mĭë dănsӛzʹ, IPA: /pʁəmjɛʁ dɑ̃søz/,[1] /ˌpɹɛmɪɛː dɒnˈsəːz/,[2] /ˌpɹɛmɪɛː dɑːnˈsəːz/,[2] /ˌpɹɛmɪɛː danˈsəːz/,[2] X-SAMPA: /pR\@mjER\ dA_~s2z/, /%pr\EmIE: dQn"s@:z/, /%pr\EmIE: dA:n"s@:z/, /%pr\EmIE: dan"s@:z/
  • (US) enPR: pʀəmyĕʀ däɴsöz, prəmi.ĕr' dänso͝ozʹ, IPA: /pʁəmjɛʁ dɑ̃søz/,[1] /pɻəmiˌɛɻ dɑnˈsʊz/,[2] X-SAMPA: /pR\@mjER\ dA_~s2z/, /pr\`@mi%Er\` dAn"sUz/

Noun[edit]

première danseuse (plural premières danseuses)

  1. (ballet) The lead female dancer in a ballet.[1][2]
    • 1920: National Municipal League, National Civic Review, volume 9, page 152
      They honestly thought they were doing good with it, and so they were — with what was left after the publicity man and the printer and the première danseuse had been paid.
    • 1931: Pierre Key and Irene E. Haynes, Pierre Key’s Musical Who’s who: A Biographical Survey of Contemporary Musicians, volume 1, page 64 (self-published by P. Key)
      The School remained under the management of Miss Margaret Curtis. Miss Rita De Leporte was Première Danseuse and Mr. Giuseppe Bonfiglio was Premier Danseur.
    • 1943: Albert Ernest Wier, Thesaurus of the Arts: Drama, Music, Radio, Painting, Screen, Television, Literature, Sculpture, Architecture, Ballet, page 148 (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
      […] in 1935 she joined the company formed by Leon Woizikowski, touring Germany, France and Spain, and became première danseuse of the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York.

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Translations[edit]

lead female dancer — see prima ballerina

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 “‖première danseuse” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 “première danseuse, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; Mar. 2009]
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