A ballerina is a female ballet DANCER, and the crossword solutions for this term are DANCER (6 letters), DANSEUSE (8 letters), PRIMA (5 letters), PAVLOVA (7 letters), and MARGOTFONTEYN (13 letters). DANCER and DANSEUSE are both terms used to describe a female ballet DANCER, while Prima is a term used to describe a principal female DANCER in a ballet company. Pavlova is the name of a famous Russian ballerina, and Margot Fonteyn was an English ballerina who was one of the most celebrated dancers of the 20th century.