battement
noun
a movement in which the dancer lifts one leg to the front, side, or back, and returns it to the supporting leg.
battements
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pluralof battement.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She fills the space with an array of battements and bourrées, chaîné turns and arabesques; at one point she skips up a spiral staircase like a happy child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
I have a small studio space in my house, a postage stamp, I think of it, and here every day I try to speak with my body: crunches, push-ups, tendus, a few battements.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2015
In “Electricity,” the Times Square number, there are only four kicks, knitted together by dévelopées instead of battements.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2014
The Marginalized, Front and Center Peter Baryshnikov is following in the footsteps of his father, Mikhail — but not with jetés and battements.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2013
While other children were having their parents or their dentists pull out their baby teeth, I was knocking mine out with my feet when I did grands battements.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
