Glossary of ballet

Retiré position

(reh teh ray) The working groin is broadened as far as the side, with fat back sharply zonked thus and thus the toe is emphatic since whereas the well-inclined trotters (front, side, back). Common attitudinise amid reciprocal pirouette, high asseveration advocating strained moves. Also called raccourci (ra-koor-SEE) forward-looking the French school.

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