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Glissade

noun
1.
(ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet.





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"Glissade" Quotes from Famous Books



... left foot, and the lady with the right. In the pursuit the position is different, the gentleman and his partner face, and take each other by the hand. They advance or fall back at pleasure, and balance in advance and backwards. To advance, the step of the pursuit is made by a glissade forward, without springing, coupe with the hind foot, and jete on it. You recommence with the other foot, and so on throughout. The retiring step is made by a sliding step of the foot backwards, ...
— Enquire Within Upon Everything - The Great Victorian Domestic Standby • Anonymous


Words linked to "Glissade" :   concert dance, step, dance, dance step, ballet


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