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glissade
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glissade
a gliding step in ballet, in which one foot slides forwards, sideways, or backwards


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For example, one never runs to the corner to start a new diagonal, but instead glissades, jetes, or emboites to get from one part of the stage to another.
The beauty of Bournonville by Brandenhoff, Peter / Dance Magazine
This hope was richly fulfilled, with the comedy frequently descending into pure slapstick, such as the moment when Newby glissades twenty feet down a chimney of ice on his behind.
Eric Newby, 1919-2006 by Allen, Brooke / New Criterion
Malcolm blows scales that are really piano glissades.
A jazz libretto by Clarke, George Elliot / Kola
 
 
 
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