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Thechassé (French:[ʃase],French for 'chased'; sometimes anglicized tochasse/ʃæˈseɪ,ʃæs/) is adance step used in many dances in many variations. All variations aretriple-step patterns of gliding character in a "step-together-step" pattern. The word came fromballet terminology.
There is a large variety of chasses across many dances. Variations include:
Thechassé in waltz dancing has several defined forms orfigures.
A slide with both legs bent either forwards, backwards or sideways and meeting in the air straightened. It can be done either in agallop (like children pretending to ride a horse) or by pushing the first foot along the floor in aplié and springing into the air where both legs meet stretched.
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A number of specific dance variations in the International Styleballroom dances are named "chassé".
Inice dancing, chassés are basic dance steps which appear, for example, in manycompulsory dances. TheInternational Skating Union rules define the following variants:[1]
Inline dancing the term chassé is used for a triple-step sequence in any direction (forward, side, back, diagonally, or curving). For instance, if the chassé is to be done to the right, the right foot steps right, the left foot is placed next to the right, with the weight being transferred to the left foot so that the right foot can complete the chassé by stepping to the right. The call is usually "step, together, step". The step is often called "the shuffle" by line dancers, but that has severalunrelated meanings in other dance contexts.