| 单词 | in arabesque |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin arabesque 5. Ballet. A position in which the dancer stands on one leg, with the other leg extended behind with the knee straight and the foot pointed. Hence: a similar position in figure skating, other forms of dance, etc. Also in in arabesque: in or assuming such a position. The exact position and angle of the torso, arms, legs, and supporting foot vary. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > movements > pose attitude1721 arabesque1828 pose1845 écarté1922 fish dive1943 1828 R. Barton tr. C. Blasis Code of Terpsichore ii. v. 74 Nothing can be more agreeable to the eye than those charming positions which we call arabesques [Fr. arabesques]. 1829 Monthly Rev. Jan. 29 In..three of the arabesques in plate 11, the raised leg looks more like a wooden one screwed on at right angles to the body, than an animated limb. 1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 4 Oct. 2/4 The entrechats, battements, ronds de jambes, arabesques, élévations, and what's-his-names of the art of theatrical dancing. 1922 H. T. Parker Eighth Notes viii. 228 The subtler attributes and graces of the old dancing shone in her—in the..keeping of her body in flowing or arrested arabesque. 1979 M. Fonteyn Magic of Dance (1980) 201 She and her father..were to forge the image of the ballerina that we now take for granted, standing on one toe in an airy arabesque. 2004 R. Samuels Kids' Bk. Figure Skating vi. 111 Arabesques are beautiful skating moves. You will feel like a bird in flight when you master them. 2007 J. Kavanagh Nureyev (2008) xii. 362 He found the quirkiness of the movements great fun, amiably carrying out a series of slow somersaults while..supporting Margot in a rotating arabesque. < as lemmas |
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