Definition of entrechat
: a leap in which a ballet dancer repeatedly crosses the legs and sometimes beats them together
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Khozashvili pushed Dunn away at one point; Dunn faced off with Kuranaga before tossing off a solo of quick beats and entrechats; Kuranaga got between Breen Combes and Dunn; Baranova and Tapp briefly exchanged partners for no apparent reason.
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Breschi and Ataide took turns practicing the swift and buoyant movements in the dance-until-death scene, which includes more than 20 entrechats, or Olympian jumps while the legs scissor back and forth.
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Origin and Etymology of entrechat
French, modification of Italian (capriola) intrecciata, literally, intertwined caper
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