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‖ jeté|ʒəte| Also erron. jété, jetée, jetté. [F. jeté, pa. pple. (sc. pas step) of jeter to throw.] A ballet-step, having a wide variety of forms, in which a spring is made from one foot to land on the other. So jeté en tournant |ɑ̃ turnɑ̃|, a leap executed with a turning movement. Cf. grand jeté.
1830R. Barton tr. Blasis' Code of Terpsichore ii. vi. 78 Entrechats are generally begun with an assemblé, coupé, or jetté. 1877[see contretemps 3]. 1927Dancing Times Apr. 9 All dancers know that the coupé cannot be done alone, as the position of the foot which is being ‘cutaway’ depends entirely upon the step which follows the coupé. I am therefore taking the ‘coupé-dessous’, followed in the first instance by a ‘posé’, and afterwards the ‘coupé-dessous’ followed by a ‘jeté’. 1930Craske & Beaumont Theory & Pract. Allegro in Classical Ballet 95 Execute a Jeté en Tournant, that is:—With a slight spring, change the position of the feet so that the right foot is sur le cou de pied devant. 1953Ballet Ann. VII. 59 She took off with a wonderful jeté and landed only a few inches from his nose. 1958Observer 28 Sept. 18/5 A special salute is due to Yelle Bettencourt's splendid jétés. 1961Times 28 Dec. 12/7 M. Jean-Paul Andreani is quite electrifying with his jétés en tournant. |