"The love of ballet-girls!" cried the Countess in horror. "Such flames cannot last, and must soon leave nothing but ashes and cinders, regret or despair. A wife ought, in my opinion, to bring you true friendship, equable warmth--"英文原著 · 《A Second Home》
At night, Vizard in his box, as usual. Severne behind the scenes with his bouquet. But this night he stayed for the ballet, to see a French danseuse who had joined them. He was acquainted with her before, and had a sprightly conversation with her. In other words, he renewed an old flirtation.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
The next opera night all went as usual. Vizard in the box, looking sadder than usual. Rhoda's good sense had not been entirely wasted. Severne, with his bouquet, and his grave humility, until the play ended, and La Klosking passed out into the hall. Her back was hardly turned when Mademoiselle Lafontaine, dressed for the ballet, in a most spicy costume, danced up to her old friend, and slapped his face very softly with a rose, then sprung away and stood on her defense.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
But what astonished the villagers most was a May-pole, with long ribbons, about which ballet girls, undisguised as Highlanders, danced, and wound and unwound the party-colored streamers, to the merry fiddle, and then danced reels upon a platform, then returned to their little tent: but out again and danced hornpipes undisguised as Jacky Tars.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
"There was a line of Germans came upon us," he said, "at Bras. I thought I must be suffering from a nightmare when I saw them. They had thrown away their rifles and had all joined hands. They came dancing towards us just like a row of ballet girls. They were shrieking and laughing, and they never attempted to do anything. We just waited until they were close up and then shot them down. It was like killing a lot of kids who had come to have a game with us. The one I potted got his arms round me before he coughed himself out, calling me his 'liebe Elsa,' and wanting to kiss me.英文原著 · 《All Roads Lead to Calvary》
The people throng the narrow ways, a chattering, happy, careless stream of buoyant humanity. Preposterous children rigged out with the shortest of ballet skirts and gilt wings, howl, underfoot, among the effervescent crowds. Especially is the arrival of the presidential party, at the opening of the season, attended with pomp, show and patriotic demonstrations of enthusiasm and delight.英文原著 · 《Cabbages and Kings》
Because they're'doing "swan lake" at-- you're not taking him to the ballet.(We're not gonna take him to the ballet.)美剧 · 《Ugly Betty》
Well, if it makes you feel any better, I got dragged to the ballet the other night.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
And one time, this instructor from a big ballet company Saw me perform, and--oh, long story short, Two days later they offered me a job.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
I started to learn classic ballet, jazz dance, acrobatics and other things I started to learn classic ballet, jazz dance, acrobatics and other things演讲 · 《journey to yo-yo mastery ~ BLACK My》