Converse of object

• choreograph: I flew back to Britain in September and choreographed a new ballet for Ballet Central, to original music composed by Phillip Feeney.

• tap: Tap, ballet, Russian, modern and theater craft!

• compose: The program notes tell us: " There are 16 ballets composed by Tschaikovsky in the active repertoire of New York City Ballet " .

• perform: Perfectly poised, massively square, he performs a ballet anchored to the earth.

• teach: Last years I'm quite focussed on ' how ' one is teaching ballet.

• dance: There is not a single dancer in that company of native training who I think is fit to dance those ballets.

Adjective modifier

• full-length: It is a bit of an experiment, which may or not develop into a full-length ballet.

• classical: Cooper's return to classical ballet seems to have helped his style.

• plotless: Balanchine also began to create plotless ballets in which the primary motivation was movement to music.

• romantic: The latter is extremely important for this melancholic and romantic ballet.

• aerial: Classic aircraft such as the Spitfire will take to the air in a marvelous aerial ballet to music.

• Russian: At an early age, Jin Xing was sent to a military academy, for ten years ' training in the Russian ballet.

Modifies a noun

• dancer: I thought she looked a fairly average size for a female ballet dancer.

• barre: Full range of associated accessories from roll storage carts and bags to tapes and ballet barres.

• mistress: Was the company doing Fille when you were the ballet mistress?

• shoe: Pupils will swap ballet shoes for trainers to support the day.

• goer: All these facts caused unjustified complaints from some French ballet goers: the gala was outstanding and the success enormous.

• dancing: I started ballet dancing when I was three and continued until I was thirteen.

Noun used with modifier

• one-act: For example, the norm of a one-act ballet was established, as well as the introduction of musical interludes to avoid long intervals.

• opera: She danced in opera ballets at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and had a subsequent, significant career in nursing.