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fouetté
[ fwe-tey ]
noun
- a whipping movement of the free leg, often executed during a turn.
fouetté
/ fwete /
noun
- a step in ballet in which the dancer stands on one foot and makes a whiplike movement with the other
Word History and Origins
Origin of fouetté1
Word History and Origins
Origin of fouetté1
Example Sentences
At her audition for the School of American Ballet at 15, she kept tossing off fouetté turns despite a burst blister that was bleeding through her toe shoe.
At her audition for the School of American Ballet at 15, she kept tossing off fouetté turns despite a burst blister that was bleeding through her toe shoe.
At the other extreme, more traditional displays of virtuosity ring out like alarms, as when Preston Chamblee whips through a series of fouetté turns, or when Ruby Lister, a striking new corps member, commands the stage alone with alert, springing jumps.
They have mastered the virtuoso sequence of 32 fouetté turns on pointe that bedevils even experienced ballerinas — and they like to add a bravura male step called a double tour to the knee at the end for good measure.
Boylston matched him with fouetté turns so fast you could almost feel the breeze.
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