entrechat
noun
a jump in which the dancer crosses the feet a number of times while in the air.
entrechats
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pluralof entrechat.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Graham approaches her art with barefoot, Protestant simplicity, thinks of her choreography in terms of drama rather than pirouettes and entrechats.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, while city studios gathered dust, the thrifty, as well as the talented who can get scholarships, were doing their pirouettes, entrechats and extensions in the spruce air of a 200-acre Berkshire farm.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like Taglioni's entrechats, or Grisi's melodious notes, such extrinsic talent dies on the senses of the listener, who cannot prove, scarcely even explain, but only say that it was so.
From Agatha's Husband A Novel by Walter Crane
