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Insight: Ballet Glossary – Entrechat

Dawid Trzensimiech, Royal Ballet Artist, demonstrates entrechats. Entrechat: Probably a french corruption of the Italian adjective intrecciato [lit.: interwoven]. A movement

The Arabesque

The arabesque: one of the most beautiful, delightful, and complicated parts of the ballet syllabus. Done correctly, it can

Brisé

Brisé [bree-ZAY] Broken. Start in fifth position. The working leg brushes to the second position and meets the other leg