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Desplante is a dance step which indicates an approaching break
in the dance. A climactic point in the dance.
Liora Inozemtsev, Israel
A desplante is a stop, marking the point where cante or guitar cuts in.
Ana Otero, Australia
Desplante is a forceful cut in the bailaor's activity.
Maria Fernanda Menendez Acuña, Costa Rica
A desplante is a stop marked strongly with the dancer's foot.
Myriam Leonard, Belgium
Desplante is the transmission of energy from one foot to the other. One foot
stamps hard, normally with the sole, and the other foot follows through with the
force of the first, moving in the opposite direction. It is a brusque movement
of both feet at once. It shows the power with which one shoe hits the floor, and
at the same time the gentleness with which the other accompanies it, brushing
across the floor so discreetly.
Amalia Megías, Spain
Desplante in baile flamenco is the point where the bailaor(a) makes a type
of announcement, captivating the audience under his or her spell, transmitting
a powerful sensation.
Julio César Jiménez, Mexico
Desplante in baile flamenco is a series of energetic foot-stomping movements,
used to round off a sequence of different steps.
Antonio Lucena, Spain
To demonstrate the skill of the dancer, the desplante is often placed at the
end of the cante and provides a climax and a closing.
Sheba Bergman, Israel
Desplante is a step consisting of three or four stamps, used to round off phrases.
Olga Berrio, Colombia
Desplante is a brief inspirational passage in the dance, where the dancer and
the dance become indistinguishable from one another.
David Burroughs, USA
Desplante is where we end or begin a step with forcefulness, with 'poderío',
with 'arte'.
Carmen, Spain
The desplante is a display of defiance toward others, in flamenco dance it
can be witnessed when the bailaor challenges another dancer or musician, and also
challenges the audience.
Rebecca Estrada, Mexico
The desplante is a flamenco dance step. The bailaor(a)'s torso is held rigid
while one of the feet stamps firmly and the other is stretched out diagonally
at floor level.
Nuria Lanzagorta, Mexico
Desplante in baile flamenco are forceful stamps on the floor used as a 'remate'
to round off other steps. On guitar this corresponds to the simple strumming movements
which come at the end of the melody. It is used to give bravado and 'duende' to
the dance.
Juan José Revidiego, Spain
Desplante is the precise and unexpected cut in an accomplished dancer's routine.
María Fernanda Menéndez, Costa Rica
Desplante is a series of sharp stamping movements used to round off other steps,
executed during the strumming of the guitar at the end of the melody.
Gianni Sinigaglia, Italy
Desplante is a means of expressing what the soul feels; we can find it in the
expression, in the posture and in the euphoria of the artist.
Anabel, Spain
Desplante is a climatic point in a dance which is usually preceded by a 'llamada'.
Roger Scannura, Canada
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