Meaning of divertissement | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“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”).”

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