| CHASSE | One of a series of gliding steps in ballet in which the same foot always leads |
| GLISSADE | A gliding step in ballet, in which one foot slides forwards, sideways or backwards (8) |
| CHASSES | Gliding steps in 31-Across |
| ENDEAVOUR | Maybe Foot always spoke for Labour (9) |
| BOURREE | Brisk gavotte-like dance; or, in ballet, a series of tiny steps on straight legs giving the impression of gliding (7) |
| PARASAILING | The sport of gliding when wearing an open parachute while being towed by a vehicle (11) |
| DRACO | Genus of gliding lizards sometimes called flying dragons (5) |
| PASDECHAT | 'Step of a cat' in ballet, in which leaping dancers raise each foot in turn to the opposite knee (3,2,4) |
| DEVELOPPE | Movement in ballet in which one leg is drawn up to the knee of the other, then extended to the front, side or back (9) |
| PLIE | Movement in ballet in which the knees are bent while the back remains straight (4) |
| ARABESQUE | Classical position in ballet in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and both arms stretched out (9) |
| ECARTE | Body position in ballet in which an arm and leg are extended at the side of the body (6) |
| ENTRECHAT | A jump in ballet in which a dancer repeatedly crosses the feet (9) |
| CHASSED | Made a gliding step in ballet |
| REPERTORYTHEATRE | System of play production in which the same company performs plays in rotation (9,7) |
| SWAN | Tchaikovsky's romantic ballet, in which the leading ballerina gets to dance the twin roles of Odette |
| PODCAST | A downloadable digital audio recording, often part of a series for which the same name may be used |
| TAUTONYM | A scientific name in which the same word is used for both genus and species; to my aunt (anag.) |
| SWANLAKE | Tchaikovsky ballet in which the central character is Odette (4,4) |
| GREECE | Country that always leads the Parade of Nations at the Olympics |
