Is It Sashay or Chasse?
You Can Also Use Sashay to Describe a Dance Step, Both a Sideways Square Dance Move and a Ballet Step; It's a Mispronunciation of the French Ballet Term...
You can also use sashay to describe a dance step, both a sideways square dance move and a ballet step; it's a mispronunciation of the French ballet term chassé, "gliding step," or literally, "to chase," since one foot "chases" the other.
Does Chasse mean chase?
The chassé (French: [ʃase], French for 'to chase'; sometimes anglicized to chasse /ʃæˈseɪ, ʃæs/) is a dance step used in many dances in many variations. All variations are triple-step patterns of gliding character in a "step-together-step" pattern. The word came from ballet terminology.
How do you spell sashay in dance?
- 1 : trip, excursion.
- 2 : a square-dance figure in which partners sidestep in a circle around each other with the man moving behind the woman.
- 3 : chassé
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