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je·té  (zh-t)
n.
A leap in ballet in which one leg is extended forward and the other backward.

[French, from past participle of jeter, to throw, from Old French; see jet2.]

jeté [ʒəˈteɪ]
n
(Performing Arts / Ballet) Ballet a step in which the dancer springs from one leg and lands on the other
[French, literally: thrown, from jeter; see jet1]


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Suarez is a trusted figure who taught at the National Ballet School in Havana for 19 years before she made her own jete to freedom in 1998.
Antony Dowson's choreography gives genuine opportunities for the dancers to show some of the beauty and grace of ballet - a well executed jete and pirouettes and pas de deux here and there - which I hope these children will one day come to love.
Nicky Henderson, trainer of Perle de Puce and Grande Jete "Grande Jete was going very well when he made a mess of the last a year ago.
 
 
 
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