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Chassé in ballet. The chassé (French:, French for 'chased'; sometimes anglicized to chasse / ʃ æ ˈ s eɪ, ʃ æ s /) is a dance step used in many dances in many variations. All variations are triple-step patterns of gliding character in a "step-together-step" pattern. The word came from ballet terminology.
In dance (particularly ballet), arabesque (French: [aʁabɛsk]; literally, "in Arabic fashion") is a body position in which a dancer stands on one leg (the supporting leg) with the other leg (the working leg) extended, straight, behind the body. The arm positions can vary and are generally allongé.
This ballet brought Marie Taglioni before the French public. She was the first to dance en pointe for artistic reasons rather than spectacle and was also the first to wear the white, bell-shaped, calf-length ballet skirt now considered an essential feature of the romantic ballet. [ 10 ]
a card game; also a ballet position. échappé dance movement foot position. éclair a cream and chocolate icing pastry. éclat great brilliance, as of performance or achievement. Conspicuous success. Great acclamation or applause. [24] écorché flayed; biological graphic or model with skin removed. élan a distinctive flair or style. élan vital
The French method is the basis of all ballet training. When Louis XIV created the Académie Royale de Danse in 1661, he helped to create the codified technique still used today by those in the profession, regardless of what method of training they adhere to. The French school was particularly revitalized under Rudolf Nureyev, in the 1980s
Ballet Comique de la Reine, 1581; Ballet de la Merlaison, 1635; Ballet égyptien, Alexandre Luigini, 1875; Ballet Royal de la Nuit, Jean-Baptiste Lully, 1653; Ballo della Regina, to music by Giuseppe Verdi, 1978; Il ballo delle ingrate, Claudio Monteverdi, 1608; The Bandits, Ludwig Minkus, 1875; Bar aux Folies-Bergère, to music by Emmanuel ...
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Les biches (French: [le biʃ]) ("The Hinds" or "The Does", or "The Darlings") [n 1] is a one-act ballet to music by Francis Poulenc, choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and premiered by the Ballets Russes on 6 January 1924 at the Salle Garnier in Monte Carlo. [1] Nijinska danced the central role of the Hostess.