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A ballerina is a female ballet dancer. A male ballet dancer is called a danseur.
Although the term ballerina is used for any female ballet dancer, it was originally a rank given to an exceptional ballet soloist in the Russian Imperial Ballet. The rankings, from highest to lowest, were:
- prima ballerina assoluta
- prima ballerina
- ballerina
- premiere danseuse
- soloist
- coryphee
- corps de ballet
There were only two prime ballerine assolute in Imperial Russia - Pierina Legnani and Mathilde Kschessinska, and two prime ballerine assolute in Soviet Russia - Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya.
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"Ballerina"