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The basic step patterns are elaborated by different turns, the dancers pivoting on one foot, as in the waltz, or changing direction while they ...
pirouette
Turns include the <anchor>pirouette</anchor>, which is executed on one leg and on the spot, with the working leg held in a variety of positions, such as attitude, stretched out to the side (à la seconde), or with the foot held just above the ankle or at the knee. In the fouetté en tournant the working leg is whipped straight out to the side and then bent in, the foot being brought back to the knee of the supporting leg at each revolution. The piqué is a traveling turn, the dancer stepping out onto the supporting leg before turning on it ( see piqué work).
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**pirouette**, (French: “to whirl about”), [ballet](https://www.britannica.com/art/ballet) turn in place on one leg. The pirouette is often [done](https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/done) in spectacular series, which women usually perform on toe (pointe) and men on the ball of the foot (demi-pointe). In a _pirouette_ _sur le cou-de-pied,_ the raised foot rests on the supporting ankle; in a _pirouette à la seconde,_ or _grande pirouette,_ it is extended in the second position at a 90° angle to the supporting leg. The leg may be held at the front (attitude), side ( _à la seconde,_ or _grande pirouette_), or back (arabesque and attitude). The body may turn toward the raised leg ( _en dehors:_ “outside,” or “backward”) or the supporting leg ( _en dedans:_“inside,” or “forward”). Four and five pirouettes are now commonly performed, and up to 14 have been executed by 20th-century dancers.