The most famous pairing was with Dame Margot Fonteyn.
Pavlova
Soloist
Anna Pavlova
The main female ballet dancer is known as the prima ballerina who is the leading woman dancer in a ballet company.
The leading female ballet dancer in a company is usually named the prima ballerina, or something similar.
The female: ballerina
Pavlova
Soloist
A ballerina body is one that is fit and on a strict diet to maintain a certain weight. An average sized female would be considered a large ballerina
Anna Pavlova
A female Ballet dancer is called a ballerina. She is a beautiful, graceful, hardworking girl.A dancer, a ballet dancer, a danseuse or a ballerina (an all-purpose compliment for every girl who dances).
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female. The term 'prima ballerina' is a gender specific noun for the female lead in a ballet company. There is no corresponding gender specific noun for a male. The noun 'ballerina' is from Italian. The male dancer is a ballerino.
'une danseuse', but Frenchuse 'une ballerine' as well for a female ballet danser.
The main female ballet dancer is known as the prima ballerina who is the leading woman dancer in a ballet company.
The leading female ballet dancer in a company is usually named the prima ballerina, or something similar.
The term "danseur" is a French term meaning "male ballet dancer." Just as "danseuse" is the female equivalent. And the term "ballerina" actually is an Italian phrase for the PRINCIPAL female ballet dancer. But it has since been used by now to label ANY female taking ballet. Still, just as "ballerina" is a female ballet dancer--"ballerino" is the male equivalent in Italian.
Mid-18th century dancer Marie Camargo of the Paris Opera Ballet.