A ballerina (Italian for "dancer") is a female ballet dancer. 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
* première danseuse
* sujet
* soloist
* coryphée
* corps de ballet
-Added July 17, 2008
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