The dancers in a ballet troupe who perform as a group.
[French : corps, corps + de, of + ballet, ballet.]
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Dictionary of Dance:
corps de ballet
The term originally referred to the entire body of dancers in a ballet company, although nowadays it refers only to the dancers who regularly perform together as a group, i.e. not soloists, principals, or character artists. On stage the dancers of the corps de ballet give added fullness to a scene, enhancing the drama and acting as background support to the soloists. Some of the greatest of all classical choreography is for the corps de ballet; the Kingdom of the Shades scene in La Bayadère, for example, when one by one the dancers repeat the same opening sequence until the stage is filled with their hallucinatory presence. Swan Lake and Giselle are two other ballets which provide a glorious showcase for the beauty and power of a corps de ballet in which many dancers perform as one single entity.
WordNet:
corps de ballet
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the chorus of a ballet company
Synonym: ensemble
Wikipedia:
ballet company
A ballet company is a group of
Members
A ballet company usually consists of:
- Artistic director
Ballet mistress orBallet master Choreographer - Prima ballerinas
- Ballerinas
- Principal dancers
- Soloists
- Corps de ballet
- Regisseur
- Character dancers
Répétiteur or Dance notator- Music director
Orchestra Executive director
Famous ballet companies
Europe
Russia
- The Kremlim Ballet Theatre. Moscow
Ballets Russes - Kirov Ballet / Mariinsky Ballet
- Bolshoi Ballet
- St Petersburg Ballet Theatre - Konstantin Tashkin
United Kingdom
Birmingham Royal Ballet - English National Ballet
- Northern Ballet Theatre
Royal Ballet, London - Scottish Ballet
Other countries
- Ballet Rambert
Bavarian State Ballet Cluj-Napoca Romanian Opera Ballet - Dutch National Ballet
- Estonian National Opera
- Lyon Opera Ballet
- Marseille Opera Ballet
- Moldova National Opera Ballet
Nederlands Dans Theatre (NDT)- Paris Opera Ballet
- Romanian National Opera Ballet
- Royal Danish Ballet
Stuttgart Ballet - Vienna State Opera Ballet
The Americas
- Alberta Ballet Company
American Ballet Theatre - American Negro Ballet
- Atlanta Ballet
Ballet San Jose - Ballet British Columbia
Cincinnati Ballet - Charleston Ballet Theatre
- Chicago Festival Ballet
National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico - National Ballet of Cuba
Dance Theatre of Harlem Houston Ballet - Joffrey Ballet
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens - Miami City Ballet
- Midland Festival Ballet
- National Ballet of Canada
New York City Ballet New York Theatre Ballet Pennsylvania Ballet Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Pacific Northwest Ballet - Royal Winnipeg Ballet
- San Francisco Ballet
- Tulsa Ballet
- Indiana Ballet Company
Oceania
The Australian Ballet The Royal New Zealand Ballet
Asia
- Austrian Ballet Company-Tokyo
- Shanghai Ballet Company
Africa
- South African Ballet Theatre
- Ballet Theatre Afrikan
See also
- List of ballet companies
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| Dictionary of Dance. The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Copyright © 2000, 2004 by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Read more |
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