What does “Balançoire” mean in ballet?
( ; "swing [children's toy]") Swinging the working leg between front (devant) and back (derrière) through first position , usually in conjunction with grands battements or attitudes and involving seesaw like shifting of the upper body in opposition to the legs. Similar to en cloche .
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Definition adapted from Glossary of ballet on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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