Dario Fo

I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate.

Italian Playwright

Judith Jamison

People don't remember me for how high my legs went, even though they went up very high, and how many pirouettes I did. They don't remember me for that. They remember me and any other dancer because something touched them inside. It's an indelible memory on the heart and in the mind.

American Dancer

We're dancing from here, from inside, not from outside. You could look at anybody throwing their leg and kick their leg up and a million pirouettes and do all kinds of tricks and stuff like that. But that's not what dance is really about.

Misty Copeland

Something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience. And you do, I don't know, four pirouettes. You jump higher than you ever have. And it's just this really magical thing that happens in those moments.

Natalia Makarova

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.

Russian Dancer

Rita Rudner

When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You start with first position, second, third.

American Comedian

Marcel Marceau

Dance is in the air, pirouettes, very difficult. Mime is on the floor, like Spanish dancing perhaps, and very often in slow motion.

French Actor

Tom Holland

The Internet has perceived me as this fantastic dancer. I can still do a couple pirouettes, but I am by no means a proper dancer.

English Actor

Used mainly in the context of ballet dancing, not casually.

Ballet Specific

Indicates technical proficiency in ballet and requires balance.

Technical Skill

Often highlighted in solos to showcase a dancer's skill.

Solo Highlight

Suggests graceful, controlled action, often seen in dance performances.

Active Movement

Conveys an image of elegance and fluidity in movement.

Visual Elegance

Essential to focus on body control when attempting multiple pirouettes.

Balance Importance

Understanding 'pirouette' is important for discussing dance techniques.

Dance Vocabulary

While common in ballet, 'pirouette' is also used in other dance forms.

Beyond Ballet

Requires precise coordination with music and other dancers.

Precision Needed

Mastering pirouettes takes persistent practice and is a learned skill.

Practice Makes Perfect

 So it has to do this because this gap in the window is only slightly larger than the width of the robot. So just like a diver stands on a springboard and then jumps off it to gain momentum, and then does this pirouette, this two and a half somersault through

Robots that fly ... and...

 Mastering any physical skill, be it performing a pirouette, playing an instrument, or throwing a baseball, takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal of improvement, and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence.

How to practice...

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A Traveling Circus and...

 after an hour of pirouetting the birds dive downwards having decided together where they will roost

Pirouette