Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of balletgoer.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word balletgoers.

Examples

  • Let's hope balletgoers attending their first "Swan Lake" won't be disappointed when Odile remains a seductress in a black tutu.

    These Ladies of the Lake Sprout No Feathers Robert Greskovic 2011

  • Let's hope balletgoers attending their first "Swan Lake" won't be disappointed when Odile remains a seductress in a black tutu.

    These Ladies of the Lake Sprout No Feathers Robert Greskovic 2011

  • It was indeed a gala occasion, as upper-case and upper-class socialites in gowns, Palm Beach tans, and jewelry galore (one treasure-laden frosted blonde across the aisle from me was sporting a diamond ring so big that every turn of her wrist produced a blinding flash) air-kissed each other over the heads of the garden gnomes that make up such a sizeable contingent of regular balletgoers.

    Shrimp Balls and Booty Calls: The ABT Gala: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009

  • In addition to generous helpings of Balanchine and Robbins works, balletgoers can take in the holiday classic "George Balanchine's The Nutcracker," this year running Nov. 30 through Dec. 31.

    NYT > Home Page By JULIE BLOOM 2011

  • Nov. 18 to Dec. 1, 209 West Houston Street, west of Avenue of the Americas, South Village, , the little company directed by Judith Fugate and Medhi Bahiri, is piquing balletgoers' curiosity by bringing back a morsel from the past: the pas de deux from "The Other," a ballet to Schubert that Agnes de Mille created in 1992 for American Ballet Theater.

    NYT > Home Page 2011

  • Here in the Seattle, balletgoers have rarely seen such a strangely drafty and intense production as Ronald Hyne's The Sleeping Beauty.

    Crosscut Jean Lenihan 2010

  • Here in the Seattle, balletgoers have rarely seen such a strangely drafty and intense production as Ronald Hyne's The Sleeping Beauty.

    Crosscut Jean Lenihan 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.