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‖ tour jeté, n. Ballet.|tur ʒəte|
[f. F. tour turn + jeté thrown (see jeté n.). Not found in Fr., where jeté en tournant is used.]
= jeté en tournant s.v. jeté n.
1935D. N. Cropper Dance Dict. 42 Tour Jeté; throwing turn; Step leap, turning. 1949A. Chujoy Dance Encycl. 482/1 Tour jeté, in ballet, a corruption of the term jeté en tournant, used in U.S. and England. 1975New Yorker 20 Jan. 91/1 A now famous Baryshnikovism, the split tour-jeté, looked right for the first time in the context of this ballet about ice skaters. 1988New Scientist 18 Feb. 34/1 The tour jeté (leaping turn) creates a similar illusion, said Laws. Dancers fool their audience by decreasing the moment of inertia of their bodies near the highest point of their jump. |