fairy ballet

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Etymology[edit]

Calque of French ballet-féerie.

Noun[edit]

fairy ballet (countable and uncountable, plural fairy ballets)

  1. (uncountable) A genre of ballet that developed in the 19th century, featuring fantasy characters and often employing technical effects.
  2. (countable) An individual ballet in this genre.

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