How to Use prima ballerina in a Sentence

prima ballerina

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• For years, Kingston has played understudy to a prima ballerina named Hudson, about 30 miles to the north and across the river.
  — Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 13 June 2023
• While the police try to figure out what went down when Cassie did, the remaining dancers are more concerned with who will replace the prima ballerina.
  — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2020
• My grandma was a prima ballerina, so my acting stems from her.
  — Krista Smith, Vanities, 11 Aug. 2017
• What happens to that ballet when a new prima ballerina takes center stage?
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 20 Sep. 2021
• Irina Kolesnikova has a wealth of credits on her dance card, but the prima ballerina has made her career from one particular role of a lifetime.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2020
• Bella chose to pull her hair back into a bun that's as tight as a prima ballerina's updo, leaving her face natural with an orangey-nude lip.
  — Seventeen, 25 Aug. 2022
• But there is also a scary side to this 1948 British classic about a prima ballerina whose red dancing shoes take on a life of their own, moving faster than her feet and causing her to plummet from the balcony to the railroad line below.
  — Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
• Due largely to the fact that the ballet featured children—too young for pointe slippers and not yet able to match the fancy footwork of a prima ballerina—The Nutcracker was, initially, not considered a success.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2020
• The Malaysian actor decides not go to England to study dance, with every intention of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and avoids suffering a back injury that forces her to abandon her dream.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2022
• The Oscar winner plays Dominika Egorova, a prima ballerina who dances to provide for her mother.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2017
• But Washington’s elite social world can pivot faster than a prima ballerina.
  — Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
• In one, French prima ballerina Yvette Chauviré struts, arms held high standing in a field, recalling a Goya pastoral scene; another captures a dancer’s sculptural buttocks.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 21 Oct. 2021
• The blandly emotive choreography, seen in brief flashes is not worthy of a prima ballerina, much less an apprentice.
  — Gia Kourlas, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2020
• Maria Tallchief, born in Oklahoma in 1925, was America's first prima ballerina.
  — Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2022
• She was recognized the world over for the stylized beauty of her choreography and was named prima ballerina assoluta, the rarely bestowed highest honor in dance.
  — Peter Orsi and Andrea Rodriquez Oct. 17, SFChronicle.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• Natalie starred as prima ballerina Nina Sayers while Benjamin was hired to choreograph the iconic ballet sequences for the film.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 9 July 2022
• The chest, which has been owned by Ludmilla Tchérina, a French prima ballerina, sculptor, actress, painter, choreographer, and author of two novels.
  — Natasha Gural, Forbes, 28 June 2022
• Pizarro is the Spanish dance equivalent of a prima ballerina, a 15-year veteran of one of the most prolific and recognized dance companies committed to Spanish dancing.
  — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2018
• Maria Tallchief, who broke barriers as a Native American dancer, is regarded as the first American prima ballerina.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 4 Apr. 2022
• Cuba follows several storylines, including a young ballet student who pushes herself to the top of her class with dreams of becoming a prima ballerina.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2017
• Obsession drives a dedicated ballerina (Natalie Portman) to the brink of madness when a new dancer threatens her role as prima ballerina.
  — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 13 May 2022
• The crew ventures to Vienna to investigate an acid attack on a rising American prima ballerina, and Smitty gets troubling intel.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
• Premiering in 2010, Black Swan starred Natalie Portman as a prima ballerina driven to self-destructive extremes by her ambition and pursuit of perfection.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2022
• Next year's diverse honorees include a former first lady, pilot, prima ballerina, composer and journalist.
  — Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2022
• Next year’s diverse honorees include a former first lady, prima ballerina, journalist, composer, and pilot.
  — Essence, 20 Mar. 2020
• Advertisement Egorova, a former prima ballerina recruited by an elite Russian intelligence branch, has to go lighter in order to seduce one particular male target.
  — Samantha Sasso, refinery29.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• Standing center stage in her signature Dying Swan costume, prima ballerina Anna Pavlova evinced pure feminine elegance.
  — Nadine Daher, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2020
• Her mother, Yolanda Dragos, was a prima ballerina originally from Romania.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024