pirouette en dehors

ballet movement

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  • Pirouette en dehors executed by Melissa Hayden; solo variation from “Don Quixote” pas de deux
    In pirouette

    …(à la seconde, or grande pirouette), or back (arabesque and attitude). The body may turn toward the raised leg (en dehors: “outside,” or “backward”) or the supporting leg (en dedans: “inside,” or “forward”). Four and five pirouettes are now commonly performed, and up to 14 have been executed by 20th-century…

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