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decentre
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decentre decenter (US) [diːˈsentəʳ] VT → descentrar
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7) Decentering is a function not only of disregarding the frontality of the proscenium and the dispersal of the dancers throughout the performing space, each constituting his or her own center, but also occurs at the level of technique, as Cunningham explained to Jacqueline Lesschaeve: In classical ballet there are certain positions that you do--epaulements--which have to do with twisting the shoulders, with or against the leg action.
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54) Her bitterness against this Cuba of the revolution where the future itself is "frozen" inaugurates and validates a gradual decentering of the nation away from the island and towards Miami as much for her as for Cuba itself in the novel (54).
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Even though it's thrilling, it has been decentering and humbling.
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