Terminology Tuesday Emboîté
Most of us are familiar with the step
called emboîté (as seen at the end of the coda of Peasant Pas de Deux- see the Link
of the Day below at 9:24). But did you ever wonder what the word itself
means?
It means “boxed” or “fitted together”. The
term comes from the close fitting of the feet that are like a snugly fitted lid
on a box. The Russian and Cecchetti schools use this word, but the French
school uses the term “petit jeté” and they only do this step on pointe or
demi-pointe (according to Gail Grant’s Technical
Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet).
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Terminology Secret #75:
“Emboîté means
‘boxed’.”
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