Insight: Ballet Glossary - Grand allegro

Dawid Trzensimiech, Royal Ballet Artist, and Akane Takada, Royal Ballet First Artist, demonstrate a grand allegro. Jeter /jeté: From the French verb ’to throw’. A jeté is the usual word for a jump in ballet. A Grand jeté is a technical jump in which the dancer jumps high in the air with both legs open horizontally, almost as if flying. Allegro - jumps small jumps - petit allegro, and big jumps - grand allegro.