Pirouette
noun
A full spin on one foot in ballet.
She completed a perfect pirouette in her ballet performance.
Often appears as...
- perform a pirouette
- flawless pirouette
verb
To perform a full spin on one foot in ballet.
The ballerina pirouetted gracefully across the stage.
Often appears as...
- pirouette beautifully
- pirouette across
noun
A fast turn using your toes or the point of your shoes.
Practicing your pirouettes can help improve your balance in other dance moves.
Often appears as...
- multiple pirouettes
- execute a pirouette
verb
To make a fast turn while using your toes or the point of your shoes.
He pirouetted smoothly in time with the music.
Often appears as...
- pirouette smoothly
- pirouette effortlessly
noun
A full spin on one foot in ballet.
She completed a perfect pirouette in her ballet performance.
Often appears as...
- perform a pirouette
- flawless pirouette
verb
To perform a full spin on one foot in ballet.
The ballerina pirouetted gracefully across the stage.
Often appears as...
- pirouette beautifully
- pirouette across
noun
A fast turn using your toes or the point of your shoes.
Practicing your pirouettes can help improve your balance in other dance moves.
Often appears as...
- multiple pirouettes
- execute a pirouette
verb
To make a fast turn while using your toes or the point of your shoes.
He pirouetted smoothly in time with the music.
Often appears as...
- pirouette smoothly
- pirouette effortlessly
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Ballet Specific
Used mainly in the context of ballet dancing, not casually.
At the recital, each dancer's pirouette was meticulously judged.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Skill
Indicates technical proficiency in ballet and requires balance.
She practiced months to perfect her pirouette.
Pro Tip 3/3Solo Highlight
Often highlighted in solos to showcase a dancer's skill.
Her solo ended with an impressive series of pirouettes.
Pro Tip 1/3Ballet Specific
Used mainly in the context of ballet dancing, not casually.
At the recital, each dancer's pirouette was meticulously judged.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Skill
Indicates technical proficiency in ballet and requires balance.
She practiced months to perfect her pirouette.
Pro Tip 3/3Solo Highlight
Often highlighted in solos to showcase a dancer's skill.
Her solo ended with an impressive series of pirouettes.
Pro Tip 1/3Ballet Specific
Used mainly in the context of ballet dancing, not casually.
At the recital, each dancer's pirouette was meticulously judged.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Skill
Indicates technical proficiency in ballet and requires balance.
She practiced months to perfect her pirouette.
Pro Tip 3/3Solo Highlight
Often highlighted in solos to showcase a dancer's skill.
Her solo ended with an impressive series of pirouettes.
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Video examples
Robots that fly ... and...
So it has to do this because this gap in the window is only slightly larger than the width of the robot. So just like a diver stands on a springboard and then jumps off it to gain momentum, and then does this pirouette, this two and a half somersault through
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How to practice...
Mastering any physical skill, be it performing a pirouette, playing an instrument, or throwing a baseball, takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal of improvement, and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence.
Video examples
A Traveling Circus and...
sparkly leotards using you guessed it her jaw that's when you hang from your mouth and do pirouettes by chewing on a leather strap of sores oh my goodness as far as we know she's one of the last remaining in the world who does it
Video examples
Ten Million Starlings...
after an hour of pirouetting the birds dive downwards having decided together where they will roost
Video examples
Robots that fly ... and...
So it has to do this because this gap in the window is only slightly larger than the width of the robot. So just like a diver stands on a springboard and then jumps off it to gain momentum, and then does this pirouette, this two and a half somersault through
Video examples
How to practice...
Mastering any physical skill, be it performing a pirouette, playing an instrument, or throwing a baseball, takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal of improvement, and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence.
Video examples
A Traveling Circus and...
sparkly leotards using you guessed it her jaw that's when you hang from your mouth and do pirouettes by chewing on a leather strap of sores oh my goodness as far as we know she's one of the last remaining in the world who does it
Video examples
Ten Million Starlings...
after an hour of pirouetting the birds dive downwards having decided together where they will roost
Example 1 of 4
Quote examples
Dario Fo
Italian Playwright
I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate.
Quote examples
Judith Jamison
American Dancer
People don't remember me for how high my legs went, even though they went up very high, and how many pirouettes I did. They don't remember me for that. They remember me and any other dancer because something touched them inside. It's an indelible memory on the heart and in the mind.
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Judith Jamison
American Dancer
We're dancing from here, from inside, not from outside. You could look at anybody throwing their leg and kick their leg up and a million pirouettes and do all kinds of tricks and stuff like that. But that's not what dance is really about.
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Misty Copeland
American Dancer
Something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience. And you do, I don't know, four pirouettes. You jump higher than you ever have. And it's just this really magical thing that happens in those moments.
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Natalia Makarova
Russian Dancer
Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.
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Rita Rudner
American Comedian
When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You start with first position, second, third.
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Marcel Marceau
French Actor
Dance is in the air, pirouettes, very difficult. Mime is on the floor, like Spanish dancing perhaps, and very often in slow motion.
Quote examples
Tom Holland
English Actor
The Internet has perceived me as this fantastic dancer. I can still do a couple pirouettes, but I am by no means a proper dancer.
Quote examples
Dario Fo
Italian Playwright
I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate.
Quote examples
Judith Jamison
American Dancer
People don't remember me for how high my legs went, even though they went up very high, and how many pirouettes I did. They don't remember me for that. They remember me and any other dancer because something touched them inside. It's an indelible memory on the heart and in the mind.
Quote examples
Judith Jamison
American Dancer
We're dancing from here, from inside, not from outside. You could look at anybody throwing their leg and kick their leg up and a million pirouettes and do all kinds of tricks and stuff like that. But that's not what dance is really about.
Quote examples
Misty Copeland
American Dancer
Something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience. And you do, I don't know, four pirouettes. You jump higher than you ever have. And it's just this really magical thing that happens in those moments.
Quote examples
Natalia Makarova
Russian Dancer
Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.
Quote examples
Rita Rudner
American Comedian
When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You start with first position, second, third.
Quote examples
Marcel Marceau
French Actor
Dance is in the air, pirouettes, very difficult. Mime is on the floor, like Spanish dancing perhaps, and very often in slow motion.
Quote examples
Tom Holland
English Actor
The Internet has perceived me as this fantastic dancer. I can still do a couple pirouettes, but I am by no means a proper dancer.
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