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a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps
a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame (同)window_sash

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すべるように(軽々と)動く(進む) / さっさと歩く
(軍人などの地位を表す)肩帯,肩章 / (婦人・子供が装飾用に腰に巻く幅広の)飾り帯
サッシ(ガラスをはめる窓・ドアなどのわく)

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For other uses, see Chasse (disambiguation).

Chasse or chassé rarely chassée is a dance step used in many dances in many variants, all of them being triple-step patterns of gliding character, steps going basically step-together-step. The word came from ballet terminology. It is not to be confused with The Chase figure of Tango.

There is a huge variety of them in many dances:

The direction may be sideways, diagonal or even curving.
Sizes of steps may vary. This also concerns the second, "Together", step: the moving foot may land right beside the standing foot or leave some space, or even barely move from its previous position.
Timing may vary. Typical timings in ballroom dances are qqS (1/4, 1/4, 1/2) and SaS ("slow-and-slow", 3/8, 1/8, 1/2).
Footwork may vary.

Ballet

A slide with both legs bent either forwards, backwards or sideways and meeting in the air straightened. It can be done either in a gallop (like children pretending to ride a horse) or by pushing the first foot along the floor in a plié and springing into the air where both legs meet stretched.

Ballroom

A number of specific dance variations in the International Style ballroom dances are named "chasse".

Tipple Chasse
Scatter Chasse.
Promenade Chasse (Chasse from Promenade Position)
Progressive Chasse
Right Chasse (Progressive Chasse to the Right)
Turning Chasse
Cross Chasse with a cat
Tipsy Chasse, also called simply Tipsy
Diagonal Chasse
Chasse Roll
Chasse Turn
Quick Chasse, a chasse done on count q&q, rather than qqS
Chasse Reverse Tun
Chasses to Right and Left
The Chasse Cape

Ice dancing or Roller Dancing

In ice dancing, chassés are basic dance steps which appear, for example, in many compulsory dances. The International Skating Union rules define the following variants:^[1]

Simple chassé: a step in which the free foot is placed on the ice beside the skating foot, which is then lifted close to the new skating foot with the blade parallel to the ice. The two steps are skated on the same lobe, usually stepping from outside to inside edge.
Cross chassé: a chassé in which the free foot is placed on the ice crossing behind the skating foot when skating forward, or in front when skating backward.
Slide chassé: a chassé in which, instead of lifting the new free foot after the step, it slides off the ice in front when skating forward, or in back when skating backward.

Line dancing

In line dancing the term chasse is used for a triple step sequence to the side. For instance, if the chasse is to be done to the right, the right foot steps right, the left foot is placed next to the right, with the weight being tranferred to the left foot so that the right foot can complete the chasse by stepping to the right. The call is usually: "step, together, step". The step is often called the side(ways) shuffle, as the shuffle is also a "step, together, step", but is done either forwards or backwards.

References

^ ISU technical regulations

English Journal

Effects of acoustic degradation on syntactic processing: implications for the nature of the resource system used in language processing.

Yampolsky S, Waters G, Caplan D, Matthies M, Chiu P.SourceBoston University, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Communication Disorders, MA 02215, USA. sashay@bu.edu
Brain and cognition.Brain Cogn.2002 Mar-Apr;48(2-3):617-25.
This study investigated the effect of noise masking on on-line syntactic processing. Ninety college students were tested on measures of working memory and on-line sentence comprehension. Subjects were divided equally into three listening conditions: no noise masking, -3 dB signal-to-noise ratio (S:N
PMID 12030518