grand jetén.
/ˌɡrɒ̃ ˈʒɛteɪ/, U.S. /ˌɡrɑ̃ ʒəˈteɪ/ Ballet.
A leap in which a dancer springs from one foot to land on the other, with one leg stretched forward and the other backward while he or she is in the air. Cf. jeté n.
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entrechat1706
pirouette1706
sissonne1706
batterie1712
cabriole1753
ballonné1760
balancé?1770
brisé1786
ballotté1802
rond de jambe1824
petit battement1828
battement1830
elevation1830
fouetté1830
jeté1830
changement de pied1840
développé1888
temps1890
pas de ciseaux1892
plié1892
changement1905
beat1913
ciseaux1913
glissé1913
ouvert1913
allegro1914
pas de chat1914
pas de cheval1916
soubresaut1916
grand jeté1919
lift1921
toe-dancing1924
pointwork1925
posé1927
jeté en tournant1930
tour1930
extension1934
tour jeté1935
fondu1939
retiré1941
chaîné1946
soutenu1947
passé1948
saut1948
contretemps1952
promenade1953
piqué1954
gargouillade1957
1919 Jrnl. Sci. Physical Training 11 56 There was too much ‘sameness’ about her foot movements; pas-de-basque, pas-de-chat, grand jeté turning, grand fouette turning.
1940 Life 11 Nov. 61/3 Zorina executes a strenuous ballet step known as the grand jeté (great leap).
1948 A. Chujoy tr. A. Y. Vaganova Basic Princ. Classical Ballet vii. 76 For execution on the stage, grand jeté demands an entirely different approach than the small jeté.
1960 Spectator 4 Nov. 691 Held in the air, momentarily frozen in a grand jeté.
1982 S. J. Cohen Next Week, Swan Lake vi. 122 The Bournonville dancer..suddenly reverses direction in a diagonally directed grand jeté.
2011 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 8 June (Russia Beyond the Headlines Suppl.) 7/1 The moment I saw Plisetskaya's grand jeté..I gasped.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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