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• n  skintight knit hose covering the body from the waist to the feet worn by acrobats and dancers and as stockings by women and girls
• n  a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance

• Holding the leotards, Obama thanked her, saying, "This is such a nice gift," and telling her that his daughters attend a Chicago dance theater.
• Girls in pink leotards gyrated madly on a pyramid of fluorescent yellow platforms.
• I used to live in my dance clothes, my tights and leotards, but I always personalized them.

• tights
• leotard
• unitard
• body suit
• cat suit

News & Articles

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• Defected Cuban dancers adjust to U.S., seek work
  MIAMI (AP) — They practice in the back of a dance studio next to a Wendy's restaurant in a strip mall. Six ballet dancers leap across the floor, hidden from view from the mothers watching their daughters in pink leotards in a front room.
  June 14, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• For defected Cuban ballet dancers, a new world of exile, auditions, and microwaveable food
  MIAMI — They practice in the back of a dance studio next to a Wendy's restaurant in a strip mall. Six ballet dancers leap across the floor, hidden from view from the mothers watching their daughters in pink leotards in a front room.
  June 14, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• For defected Cuban ballet dancers, a new world of exile and auditions in US
  They practice in the back of a dance studio next to a Wendy's restaurant in a strip mall in Miami. Six ballet dancers leap across the floor, hidden from view from the mothers watching their daughters in pink leotards in...
  June 14, 2013 - WFLX FOX 29

Quotes

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• Criss Angel in Reuters India
  Magic had been about set tricks and girls in leotards in boxes but it's time magic not be presented as a hokey novelty but as art form,Angel told Reuters in an interview.
• Sienna Miller in 7DAYS
  I love 60s style,Sienna says. "Edie had such a unique sense of style, and really accidentally came upon it. She used to do these jazz ballet workouts, and she'd wear her leotards with her black tights, and then she couldn't be bothered to...
• Gwen Stefani in Malaysia Star
  I will wear jackets over my tops and leotards underneath my skirts or dresses,added Gwen, who had earlier privately met with Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry deputy secretary-general Datuk Mohammed Mohd Daud.