Third person singular form of ballonne, a ballet movement where a dancer bounces lightly off the ground with one leg extended.
From French 'ballonné,' derived from 'ballon' meaning balloon, used in ballet terminology since the 18th century to describe the bouncy, light quality of movement.
The term 'ballonné' is ballet's way of making dancers look weightless—the word literally refers to a balloon's lightness, and choreographers use it to create that magical illusion of performers defying gravity.
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