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But when I first saw the Danes in 1979, I felt as if I’d never seen entrechats before.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2011

The way he, when crisscrossing his feet in the air in entrechats, added a sudden, wider opening before the final crossing was a wonderfully subtle grace note.

From New York Times • May 18, 2010

Mr. Justice Luxmoore held that it could, especially since he learned that the design of a ballet, with its successions of pirouettes, entrechats and other steps, is commonly recorded on paper.

From Time Magazine Archive

He thinks nothing of matching entrechats with a Moscow ballerina or�since transatlantic service began in May �swapping his turban for a Texan's Stetson and a pair of shooting irons.

From Time Magazine Archive

Around one quadrille party a more numerous audience was collected than around the others, and the entrechats of one of the gentlemen were much applauded.

From The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of