Terminology Tuesday Serré
The adjective serré or serreé [seh-RAY]
means tight or close. Dancers are probably most familiar with this term in
conjunction with petits battements serré which we often see in frappé exercises
at the barre.
Probably the most famous example of this step is at the very end
of the White Swan pas de deux performed in the second act of Swan Lake (see the Link
of the Day below at 7:28).
Interestingly, the noun serré means greenhouse or hothouse.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Terminology Secret #62:
“Serré means tight or close.”
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