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é貹ܱ𳾱Գ

[ French ey-pohl-mahn ]

noun

Ballet.
plural é貹ܱ𳾱Գs
  1. a position in which the shoulders are at right angles to the direction of the supporting leg, with one shoulder thrust forward and one back.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of é貹ܱ𳾱Գ1

1680–90; < French, equivalent to é貹ܱ ( epaulet ) + -ment -ment
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Example Sentences

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“Her finesse comes in the gracious way she shows every angle of her body, the attention to é貹ܱ𳾱Գ — the carriage of the arms and shoulders — all the while talking up space,” Gia Kourlas writes.

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Her finesse comes in the gracious way she shows every angle of her body, the attention to é貹ܱ𳾱Գ — the carriage of the arms and shoulders — all the while talking up space.

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Throughout her 33-year career with City Ballet, Nichols made it seem as if steps were flowing — sometimes gently, sometimes with a wild, gushing power — through her limbs, her torso, her elegant upper body, as epitomized in the dynamic é貹ܱ𳾱Գ of her shoulders and head.

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Quinn Starner exudes a special luxuriousness, especially the way her crystalline é貹ܱ𳾱Գ shows off the angles of her head and shoulders; Samuel Melnikov’s juicy jump has a way of lingering in the air, ever expanding through his long arms and fluent hands.

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Forsythe celebrates ballet vocabulary in bounding jumps, small and large — and always in his use of é貹ܱ𳾱Գ, or the angles and carriage of the arms.

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