battement

batte·ment

 (băt′mənt, bă′tə-mäN′)
n.
In dance, a kicking movement done with a lifted leg.

[French, action of beating, battement, from Old French, action of beating, from batre, to beat; see batter.]
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battement

(French batmɑ̃)
n
(Ballet) ballet extension of one leg forwards, sideways, or backwards, either once or repeatedly
[C19: French, literally: beating]
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batte•ment

(Fr. batəˈmɑ̃)

n., pl. -ments (Fr. -ˈmɑ̃)
a ballet movement in which one leg is lifted to the front, side, or back, and returned to the supporting leg.
[1820–30; < French, derivative of batt(re) to beat; see bate2]
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battement

(beating) Leg exercises of various kinds executed with a beating motion.
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We all are working for the battement of endocrine and looking after the endocrine diseases.
Envol a Nora Molina Un simple battement d'ailes et les plumes garnies de neige emplissent les yeux d'envol.
Quentin Meillesoux is a firm but compassionate guide, as we confront the Mallarme abyss, the abyss of modernity: "Ce double decodage va donc produire un melange fait d'incertitude et de croyance renforcee, et donc un 'battement' entre des convictions contraires" (179).
A MERSEYSIDE teenager who was more used to executing a pas de deux than a side step, or a battement than a body swerve, has found success in one of the toughest games in the world.
Ultimately, as dancers, choreographers, and scholars, we must always remember that every time we lindy hop; tour jete'; leap; chasse'; battement; releve'; contract; release; stomp or stamp; and krump, we truly are dancin' on the shoulders of our ancestors.
Eventail Avec comme pour langage Rien qu'un battement aux cieux Le futur vers se degage Du logis tres precieux Aile tout bas la courriere Cet eventail si c'est lui Le meme par qui derriere Toi quelque miroir a lui Limpide (ou va redescendre Pourchassee en chaque grain Un peu d'invisible cendre Seule a me rendre chagrin) Toujours tel il apparaisse Entre tes mains sans paresse.
My battement tendus may not have been the best, but people do say I look like a ballerina (if only they had seen me at the barre).
But the academy also has something different than most: It has a bunch of boys just as dedicated to turnout, battement and jet as their female counterparts.
In Ravir: Les lieux, which won the Prix Mallarme 2005, all five poems--"Ravir: les villes"; "Ravir: les ombres"; "Ravir: les miroirs"; "Ravir: les fenetres"; and "Ravir: les visages"--continue to privilege a poetic listening that brings the world into language--"les vagues avancent, resonnent / comme des syllables contre la coque"--and the writer into the world--"Voila donc ce que nous possedons / d'une ville: l'ombre qu'elle fait / dans nos corps, le battement / au loin, le battement / proche de sa langue.o As its title suggests, Ravir attends to what is exquisite in our exchanges with the world, which may forcibly take our breath away.
Teacher Brenda Garratt-Glassman starts with a battement glisse - swinging one leg back and forth.
And the workout tape develops the tendu into slightly more complex degage (tendu with lift), passe, front attitude and grand battement (controlled high kicks).
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