Which term means interweaving of four beats?

Which term means interweaving of four beats?

• A. Entrechat Quatre
• B. Seconde arabesque croisé
• C. Pirouette en Dedans Taken from a Lunge
• D. Pirouette pour Filles

Answer: (A)

In Cecchetti vocabulary, the word entrechat refers to beating the legs in the air, crossing them as you rise and land. The number that accompanies it tells how many crossings occur in the air. Entrechat quatre means four crossings, so the legs interweave front to back and back to front four times before landing. This is exactly what “interweaving of four beats” describes. The other options describe different ideas: a crossed, extended leg position in arabesque; a pirouette started from a lunge; and a girls’ version of a pirouette—none of which involve the rapid four-beat interweaving of the legs.

In Cecchetti vocabulary, the word entrechat refers to beating the legs in the air, crossing them as you rise and land. The number that accompanies it tells how many crossings occur in the air. Entrechat quatre means four crossings, so the legs interweave front to back and back to front four times before landing. This is exactly what “interweaving of four beats” describes.

The other options describe different ideas: a crossed, extended leg position in arabesque; a pirouette started from a lunge; and a girls’ version of a pirouette—none of which involve the rapid four-beat interweaving of the legs.