Definition of pas de chat in English:
pas de chat
noun ˌpɑː də ˈʃaˌpä də ˈSHä
Ballet A jump in which each foot in turn is raised to the opposite knee.
Example sentencesExamples
- Large hairy males, concentrating intensely, went about en pointe, making all the right moves, pliés and lifts, an elegant pas de chat.
- An interesting point here: within the added phrase there is a little hop in which the ‘supporting’ foot jumps over the raised foot, and which, on paper, bears a striking resemblance to a pas de chat.
- I don't recall having particular problems with this pas de chat, so I never did anything special for it.
- I can't help wondering if it may have started life as a pas de chat.
- ‘In the first entrance, she's got to sparkle and to transmit that in her pas de chat - very fast legs, so the audience is almost caught unawares,’ he says.
Origin
French, literally 'step of a cat'.