Terminology Tuesday Ballotté
The word ballotté
[ba-law-TAY] means “tossed”. Gail Grant states
in her book Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet: “…tossing step requiring a great deal of
balance, ballon and èpaulement”.
Yet this is a common step and can be done with the knees straight or
bent. It most famously seen in the 1st act of Giselle (see the Link of the Day below).
In the French school the step is called “jeté bateau”.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Terminology Secret #78:
“Ballotté means ‘tossed’.”
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