Antiballet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A ballet that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of ballet.

    "I frequently think of Cunningham's dances as antiballets, but not because I think he is trying to provoke controversy or attack the other form."

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"I frequently think of Cunningham's dances as antiballets, but not because I think he is trying to provoke controversy or attack the other form."

Etymology

From anti- + ballet.

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