: the first or lowest curved tier of seats above the main floor in a theater or opera house
Example Sentences
sitting in the dress circle
Recent Examples on the WebTo create a center aisle for the parade at the Civic Theatre, dozens of seats must be removed from the center of each row from the orchestra pit to the dress circle seats. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2022 After the intermission, Vinikour popped up to the dress circle to listen to Deneve's reading of the Symphony No. 2 in E minor by Rachmaninoff. Special To The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, 23 Mar. 2018