Meaning & use
Changement
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In ballet, a jump in which the dancer switches the front-back position of the feet in mid-air, landing in the opposite fifth position.
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The students practiced their changements at the barre before moving to center floor.
Her changements were crisp and precise, a mark of years of technical training.
A note on using this word
Short for the French 'changement de pieds' (change of feet), the term is one of many French words retained in classical ballet vocabulary.
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