Prima Ballerina - Gendered Titles

Gendered Titles

Traditions within ballet gender the titles given to men and women performing as ballet dancers. In French, a male dancer is referred to as a danseur, a female as a danseuse. In Italian, a ballerina is a title used to describe a woman who is a professional ballet dancer, usually holding a principal title within a ballet company; the masculine equivalent to this title is ballerino.