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No specific details were shared about how it would be adapted, but the stage show is an operatic water ballet about a young Sicilian boy transported to a magical realm.
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 27 June 2024
Gone are the days of water ballet.
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Brian Munoz, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2021
Herman has legendary boat-handling skills and practices water ballet in his canoe.
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Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 23 May 2017
Each splash created a water ballet choreographed by the forces of nature.
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Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Oct. 2021
Luckily, the height limitations didn't take away from one of the most dazzling shots in the whole scene: the Busby Berkeley-esque water ballet starring Vanessa.
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Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 18 June 2021
The series, however, is an artful balance of real-life problems, absurdly funny situations, emotional depth and the occasional syncopated dance number or water ballet.
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Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2019
Jacquie always had more energy than any two people, playing tennis and canasta, swimming and painting as a young working mother, and filling her later years with ceramics, water ballet, ushering, and bridge.
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Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 Feb. 2018
Some prefer funerals, some prefer having their ashes scattered, but local artist Briar Bates chose a different way to commemorate her death — instructing her friends to perform a water ballet in the wading pool at Volunteer Park.
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seattletimes.com, 8 Sep. 2017
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First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above
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“Water ballet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20ballet. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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