A ballet movement consisting of one or more quick gliding steps with the same foot always leading.
intr.v., -séd, -sé·ing, -sés.To perform this movement.
[French, from past participle of chasser, to chase, from Old French chacier. See chase1.]
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A ballet movement consisting of one or more quick gliding steps with the same foot always leading.
intr.v., -séd, -sé·ing, -sés.To perform this movement.
[French, from past participle of chasser, to chase, from Old French chacier. See chase1.]
chassé (Fr., hunted). In ballet, a sliding step in which one foot appears to be chasing the other.
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading
Synonym: sashay
The verb chasse has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
perform a chasse step, in ballet
Chasse or chassé is a dance step used in many dances in many variants, all of them being three-step patterns of gliding character, steps going basically step-together-step. The word came from ballet terminology. It is not to be confused with The Chase figure of Tango.
There is a huge variety of them in many dances:
A slide with both legs bent either forwards, backwards or sideways and meeting in the air straightened. It can be done either in a gallop (like children pretending to ride a horse) or by pushing the first foot along the floor in a plié and springing into the air where both legs meet stretched.
A number of specific dance variations in the International Style ballroom dances are named "chasse".
In ice dancing, chassés are basic dance steps which appear, for example, in many compulsory dances. The International Skating Union rules define the following variants:
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