arabesque
Example Sentences
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But it was still enthralling to watch the choreography unfold, including a pose in her pas de deux with Cerdeiro in which her leg was extended in arabesque as he knelt before her.
From New York Times
“I talked to them about specific problems or transitions: how to go up into an arabesque, how to come out of it, how you could play with that.”
From New York Times
So do recurrent images in the dance: a running-in-place with heels kicked up behind, head back, one arm reaching high; a deeply tilted arabesque adorned with a quaking, shimmering hand.
From New York Times
These characters are forever young, and Pantastico and Moore showed that in every shiver, every writhe of ecstasy, every weightless lift, every arabesque that looked poised to take flight.
From Seattle Times
“You’re telling the story in every single moment. An arabesque is never just an arabesque.”
From New York Times
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