Terminology Tuesday Taqueté
Taqueté [tak-TAY] is an interesting word.
I’ve seen choreographers use a sound like “tak tak tak” to indicate a staccato
movement and I wonder if it came from taqueté, or if it is just random.
Taqueté means “pegged” and refers to
pointe work that involves quick little steps where the tips of the shoes strike
the floor sharply. Any steps on pointe that use this staccato accent could be called
taqueté.
As for “tak tak tak”… I don’t know.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Terminology Secret #60:
“Taqueté
means pegged.”
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