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Divertissement

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An entertaining diversion. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    A short ballet within a larger work, usually providing a break from the main plot. uncountable, usually

    "Patricia Delgado, though taller and paler-skinned, strongly resembles Jeanette, and in Miami they often dance together (in the “Emeralds” pas de trois from “Jewels,” for example, or leading successive divertissements in Balanchine’s “Swan Lake”)."

Etymology

From French.

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