Definitions
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- noun ballet A sudden
jump from bothfeet , travelling forward in first, third, or fifth position and landing on both feet in the same position as they started.
Etymologies
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Borrowing from French soubresaut, itself an obsolete form of sursaut.
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Michael at six years old already had a technically flawless soubresaut, which, he would patiently explain to people, was a "sudden leap".
juliefa commented on the word soubresaut
soubresault: saut brusque
June 8, 2011