grand jeté

American  

[grahn zhuh-tey] / grɑ̃ ʒəˈteɪ /

noun

Ballet.

plural

grands jetés

1. a jump or jeté, preceded by a grand battement or high kick, in which a dancer leaps from one leg and lands on the other.

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Etymology

Origin of grand jeté

Borrowed into English from French around 1925–30

Example Sentences

At Pacific Northwest Ballet on Friday night, the evening began with 11-year-old PNB School student Charlotte Smith, whose beaming smile and effortless grand jeté in the ballet’s opening solo moment spoke to a bright future.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

In the sinewy 41-year-old ballet dancer’s telling, it wasn’t really such a grand jeté to exit the stage of an iconic opera house and enlist in the Ukrainian army.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2022

Her grand jeté is all muscle and all heart.

From Time • Jun. 1, 2017

In the movie Mr. Daldry flashed forward at the end to Matthew Bourne’s “Swan Lake,” with Adam Cooper as Billy in grown-up glory flying through a stupendous grand jeté in slow motion.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2010

And there was a small group of Marines, a little uncomfortable in their suits, ready to watch the story of their lives told onstage through incomprehensible grand jeté, fouetté en tournant and chassé.

From Washington Post