grand jeté
noun
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.
grands jetés
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pluralof grand jeté.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But grands jetés and the Cultural Revolution are just exotic window dressing in “Mao’s Last Dancer,” which is, at heart, nothing more than an old-fashioned tear-jerker.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2010
Jets and Sharks are easy marks In grands jetés!
From Washington Post
I expected us to immediately move on to greater things, like arabesques, grands jetés, and pirouettes, but we couldn’t.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
