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-	A '''ballerina''' (from the Italian) is a [[female]] [[ballet]] [[dancer]]; a male ballet dancer is called a '''danseur.''' The term '''ballerino''', though technically never used in the ballet world, is gaining credence with laypersons.	+
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-	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]].	+
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-	The rankings, from highest to lowest, were:	+
-	*[[Prima ballerina assoluta|prima ballerina assoluta]]	+
-	*[[Prima ballerina|prima ballerina]]	+
-	* ballerina	+
-	* première danseuse	+
-	* sujet	+
-	* soloist	+
-	* coryphée	+
-	* corps de ballet	+
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-	There were only two prima ballerina assolutas in [[Imperial Russia]] – [[Pierina Legnani]] and [[Mathilde Kschessinska]] – and two prime ballerina assolutas in the [[Soviet Union]] – [[Galina Ulanova]] and [[Maya Plisetskaya]]. Other persons awarded the title of assoluta include [[Alicia Alonso]] from [[Cuba]] and [[Margot Fonteyn]] from [[England]].	+
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-	The male equivalent is premièr danseur.	+
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-	== See also==	+
-	* [[Russian ballet]]	+
-	* [[Ballet company]]	+
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