What does “Allegro” mean in ballet?
( ; meaning 'happy') Brisk, lively motion. An attribute of many movements, including those in which a dancer is airborne (e.g., assemblé , changement , entrechat , sauté , sissonne , soubresaut ). Used in ballet to refer to all jumps, regardless of tempo. A category of exercises found in a traditional ballet class, e.g. petit allegro (small, generally fast jumps) and grand allegro (large, generally slower jumps).
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Definition adapted from Glossary of ballet on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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