soubresaut means A sudden jump from both feet, travelling forward in first, third, or fifth position and landing on both feet in the same position as they started. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
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- A sudden jump from both feet, travelling forward in first, third, or fifth position and landing on both feet in the same position as they started.“She took to the air so naturally that it made you feel, retrospectively, that this had always been her destiny from her entrance in Act I. Springing up from both feet while keeping those feet together (in soubresauts), she drove the audience — which had been in a tizzy of excitement all along — wild.”