Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun ballet A complex
balletic step, defined differently for different schools but generally involving a double rond de jambe
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word gargouillade.
Examples
-
An elderly admirer of Camargo, seated on my left, told me that in her youth she could perform the 'saut de basque' and even the 'gargouillade', and that nobody had ever seen her thighs, although she always danced without drawers.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
-
An elderly admirer of Camargo, seated on my left, told me that in her youth she could perform the 'saut de basque' and even the 'gargouillade', and that nobody had ever seen her thighs, although she always danced without drawers.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 06: Paris Giacomo Casanova 1761
-
In "The Nutcracker" he takes the most famous step of the original 1892 Sugar Plum Fairy, the gargouillade a sideways jump in which the feet write rapid rings in the air - whole series of them - and gives it instead to the ballet's third-ranking female figure, the Marzipan dancer, who performs it to different music.
NYT > Home Page By ALASTAIR MACAULAY 2011
-
In "The Nutcracker" he takes the most famous step of the original 1892 Sugar Plum Fairy, the gargouillade a sideways jump in which the feet write rapid rings in the air - whole series of them - and gives it instead to the ballet's third-ranking female figure, the Marzipan dancer, who performs it to different music.
NYT > Home Page By ALASTAIR MACAULAY 2011
-
An elderly admirer of Camargo, seated on my left, told me that in her youth she could perform the ‘saut de basque’ and even the ‘gargouillade’, and that nobody had ever seen her thighs, although she always danced without drawers.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.