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a controlled fall the audience mistakes for magic, spun on a single defiant toe.
means A spin of the whole body on one foot, especially in ballet, executed in a single fluid turn.
from From French pirouette, 'a spinning top' or 'whirligig' — the word for a child's toy that twirls on its point became the word for a dancer who does the same. The French itself is of uncertain deeper origin, possibly built on piron, 'a peg' or 'pivot' (compare Italian piruolo, a spinning top), with the whirling ending of girouette, 'weathervane.' The image is honest: a body balanced on one tiny point, turning.
- spotting trick
- head snaps last, eyes locking one point to stop dizziness
- the record
- over thirty fouettés chained without traveling an inch
- french roots
- means to whirl, like a spinning top
- force at work
- momentum stored in arms, released into the turn
- not just ballet
- figure skaters and gymnasts steal the same physics
for instance
mikhail baryshnikov — soviet-american ballet dancer famous for performing 32 consecutive fouettés, the ultimate pirouette test