Also means
ball (formal dance event)
Usage Note
Ballo is masculine. It can mean both the act of dancing (il ballo liscio, ballroom dancing) and a formal dance event (un gran ballo). The related verb is ballare. The idiom essere in ballo means to be involved in something or to be at stake — a sense quite removed from dancing.
Examples
"Lui è bravo nel ballo classico."
Natural Translation
He is good at classical dance.
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