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ballonné

American  
[bal-uh-ney, ba-law-ney] / ˌbæl əˈneɪ, ba lɔˈneɪ /

noun

Ballet.
ballonnés plural
  1. a broad leap with a battement to the front, side, or back.


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noun

Etymology

Origin of ballonné

1770–80; < French: literally, ballooned, i.e. done like a balloon

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Taglioni and Elssler personify the two styles into which the present school of dancing is divided, the ballonné and the tacqueté.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various

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