🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

탕 레베

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tang re-be

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Temps levé/tɑ̃ lə.ve/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"발레 무용수가 우아한 탕 레베 동작을 선보였다."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A classical ballet step in which a dancer springs upward from one foot and lands on the same foot, with the other foot held in a specific position such as cou-de-pied.

    "The choreography required a series of crisp temps levés across the diagonal of the stage."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Borrowed directly from French, translating literally to 'time raised' or 'raised time' in ballet terminology. The term entered English ballet lexicon in the 20th century as technical vocabulary describing a specific buoyant jumping movement originating from one or both feet.

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