balançoire

noun

Swinging the working leg between front and back through first position, usually in conjunction with grands battements or attitudes and involving seesaw-like shifting of the upper body in opposition to the legs.

OriginFrench balançoire →
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Meanings

nounbalançoire (plural balançoires)

plural balançoires

  1. balletSwinging the working leg between front and back through first position, usually in conjunction with grands battements or attitudes and involving seesaw-like shifting of the upper body in opposition to the legs.

Origin

  1. Frenchbalançoire
  2. Frenchbalançoire
  3. Englishbalançoire

Borrowed from French balançoire.

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