Insight: Ballet Glossary - Pas de chat

Akane Takada, Royal Ballet First Artist, demonstrate the pas de chat.
Pas de chat: Step of the cat. A distinctive buoyant step. The dancer
springs from fifth position into a demi plié and jumps sideway into
the air bringing the feet up like a cat. As executed by the four
cygnets in Swan Lake who perform 16 pas de chat holding hands with
their arms interlaced.
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[@cynthiaclark6626]

I want to be a ballet dancer when I grow up! (Only 76 yrs old now)

[@rosavalentine6528]

Stfu lmaoo 😭😭

[@sydneyp5837]

it's never too late to start!

[@alyssca]

Never too late to start! If you’re athletic enough, go for it!

[@krasskey]

@@rosavalentine6528 yo what the fuck is wrong with you.

[@beepositive-]

Omg you're 84! Helloooo, are you still alive?

[@anitalinke6659]

Exquisitely done. She is weightless and as graceful as an angel.

[@jillwhite6875]

Doesnt get enough recognition at the rb

[@ananda_miaoyin]

Oh...THAT is what it is supposed look like! I looked more like I was side stepping a grenade!

[@littlemisstapdance]

I love that feeling when you know you can do the same step as a Royal Ballet Dancer. It just feels so...good!

[@Cheerbabeforeverable]

might sound weird, but these are probably my favorite thing to do in ballet!

[@mistygibson4152]

she's so elegant omg

[@Melindax3Cardenas]

this is so much harder to do than people think

[@oliviakellam6929]

Ikr the turnout

[@lillyevers9461]

Ik I do ballet

[@larisalynnortiz8979]

Eva ending on pas de chat is everything. Good job! 😊

[@adastraperaspera5574]

THIS PROVES THAT NOT ALL BEAUTIFUL THINGS ARE EN POINTE.

[@sanssoucikj]

Because Le Pas means "the step" therefore it is "the cat's step" (or the step of cat).

[@pointeprincess302]

i wish i looked as graceful doing these as she does -_-

[@jpm0711]

Excellent technique!

[@dancingdelz2824]

My only question is HOW ON EARTH DO YOU DO THAT???

[@yazminandino88]

Beautiful!!

[@lolagore]

que perfeição

[@sofiasasso9027]

she is the best

[@dekusi1857]

i was literally about to throw up doing these in class the other day lmao they're so EXHAUSTINGGGG

[@jackiedaniel2502]

Wonderful half Pointe not so easy!❤

[@Chapmangl7]

I love these too :)

[@zeusa1818]

That was crazy

[@FerretsForever94]

Cat, she's a kitty cat, and she dance dance dance and dance dance dance.

[@smallvoices9564]

Leap of the cat ❤️

[@psammiad]

Pas de chat - doesn't that mean no cat?!

[@RoyalBalletAndOpera]

+psammiad Close! It means 'cat's step' - the step is thought to look like a cat's leap.

[@auspicious93]

Haha! It actually does mean "no cat" as well! "Pas de" can function as an adjective, in which case it would indicate negation; but "(un) pas" as a noun means "(a) step". See the third entry on this page: www.wordreference.com/fren/pas

[@durubesli9173]

psammiad Gahajjahahhahahhahahahahahaaahahbaahahahahahhahah you killed me😂

[@downtown82]

Step of the cat

[@leiasc4846]

Step of the cat

[@melissamcgowan6413]

thank you

[@johanehewett1429]

I wish I looked this elegant doing this I look like and elephant running away from a mouse

[@PrincessSakuno]

i am terrible at this, my right leg wont turn out completely!

[@ersasso3411]

🤩😍

[@gzd132]

Wait have you asked them to do Pas de Chat?

[@lewidakiwi2444]

I think it’s a pas de chat right?

[@maltesekink100]

LIKE OH MY GOD !! EVEN ME !!

[@artisticbee]

i look so awkward when i do these /:

[@mariaelenavecchione2213]

Ballet and short legs don't go together like horse and carriage.

[@michellecoutois6938]

For me, I'm yet to figure out why they made this have anything to do with cats and expressly the name "NO CAT"..pas de chat?? Y a-t'il quelqu'un qui peut l'expliquer?

[@TheLittleFrenchy2]

Soooo... Very very late but in case you're still looking for an answer, here it is from a French person. "Pas" is the French word for "step". "Pas de chat" literally means "step of cat". But, and this is why you're confused, "pas de" can also be a negation, in which case it would indeed mean "no cat". But in that instance, it does mean "step of the cat". The funny thing is, in French, we don't even call the step that. We say "saut de chat", so "jump of the cat".

[@erikareynavegajimenez816]

what's the name of the song?

[@etana1996]

i know what u feel... :X

[@StanleyGlover-e3n]

Hoppe Coves

[@Mintyfatcat]

0:06😃

[@GracieEdwards-b2i]

2024😂

[@lilianamercedes4490]

A

[@victoriaheloisa2583]

o plie dela e tão pequeno que nem parece que ela faz

[@KiliniLove]

@PrincessSakuno ya me too

[@sorin86yt]

Yes it does. This looks like the most disgraceful move for a ballerina.

[@t.q.quinn25]

It looks like a playful move; something that’d be used in a Comedic Ballet.🤔

[@sorin86yt]

Anyone would! It's a very ugly move.