ballet

A noun referring to a theatrical art form that combines music and dance to tell a story, or the musical composition written for such a performance.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un arte escénico teatral que combina música y danza para narrar una historia, o la composición musical escrita para dicha representación.

1. Theatrical dance performance B1 formal art

   A theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers, characterized by precise and highly formalized movements.

   • She has been studying ballet since she was five years old.
   • The ballet 'Swan Lake' is a classic performance.
   • The dancers performed a beautiful ballet at the theater.

   🇪🇸Ballet (espectáculo de danza teatral)

   Sinónimos: dance

2. Music for ballet B2 formal art

   Music written specifically to accompany a ballet performance.

   • Tchaikovsky composed the music for the ballet 'The Nutcracker'.
   • The ballet's score was performed by a live orchestra.
   • The composer wrote a new ballet for the company's anniversary.

   🇪🇸Música para ballet

• ballets plural form
• ballets' possessive plural form
• ballet's possessive singular form