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- noun Plural form of
jete .
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Examples
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I was doing some jetes, which is where you split your legs in the air.
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He had the speed, the height on those jive kicks, the precision, the lines with his arms, the lines on the rond de jambs and the jetes, and he just had the overall flash.
Tonya Plank: So You Think You Can Dance Post-Alex Wong: Week 5 2010
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You don't often get the chance to see that level of dancing live in Perth and his execution of the pirouettes and jetes took my breath away.
Weekend Glorious girliejones 2010
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You don't often get the chance to see that level of dancing live in Perth and his execution of the pirouettes and jetes took my breath away.
Weekend Glorious girliejones 2010
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Images of finely whittled torsos leaping across the floor in grand jetes came to mind.
Natalia Rose: When It Comes to Exercise, Go Native, Not Neurotic! 2010
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I thought her solo was really nice, a good combination of heart and soul and "tricks" if you want to call them that (I prefer to call the pirouettes and fouette turns and big jetes athletics or virtuosic dancing, since they're not easy, rather than tricks).
Tonya Plank: Nigel Softens Up: So You Think You Can Dance Week 3 Cuts 2008
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Grande jetes down the middle of a men's surgical ward are not to be encouraged; half the patients were splitting their stitches laughing, the rest thought they were hallucinating, one or two definitely thought they had crossed the bar (or should that be barre?)
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Grande jetes down the middle of a men's surgical ward are not to be encouraged; half the patients were splitting their stitches laughing, the rest thought they were hallucinating, one or two definitely thought they had crossed the bar (or should that be barre?)
Our September 11th 2006
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If they didn't have the guy with obvious ballet training who goes sailing across the floor in gorgeous grand jetes or fascinates with multiple fouettes and pirouettes, I'd say they should work on their versatility.
Tonya Plank: Women Don't Fare So Well on America's Best Dance Crew, Week Two 2008
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Perfect runs, great jetes, wonderfully splashy Charleston-y kicks.
Tonya Plank: Dancing With the Stars First Round Eliminations Unsurprising 2008
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