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  2. Divertissement [dee-vehr-tees-MAHNLAY] Entertainment or diversion. This term is used in ballet to describe a short dance performed by a dancer or a group of dancers.

  3. The meaning of DIVERTISSEMENT is a dance sequence or short ballet usually used as an interlude. Did you know?

  4. May 14, 2018 · 1. a lively dance with leaping movements. ∎ a piece of music for such a dance, typically in compound time. 2. a device that holds a p…

  5. The same as divertimento, with the additional meaning of an entertainment of dances and songs inserted in an 18th‐cent. stage spectacle or sometimes in a ballet or opera (as in Gounod's Faust or Delibes's Coppélia). The term is also applied to a suite of dances unconnected by a story.

  6. May 23, 2024 · Divertissement is a musical term for a song within an opera or ballet which does not further the plot. It is also a ballet made entirely of such loosely connected dances and an instrumental piece of light music. The term is originally a French word meaning diversion or amusement.

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  7. Divertissement (from the French 'diversion' or 'amusement') is used, in a similar sense to the Italian 'divertimento', for a light piece of music for a small group of players, however the French term has additional meanings.

  8. noun. 1. a brief entertainment or diversion, usually between the acts of a play. 2. music. a. a fantasia on popular melodies; potpourri. b. a piece or pieces written to be played during the intervals in a play, opera, etc. c. another word for divertimento.

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