élan

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Her appearance at The Triple Door is a record release party for a surprising new EP, “Vanity,” which pushes her special blend of jazz, folk and Broadway élan into startling art-song territory.

From Seattle Times

Crewe keeps one eye on the past and the other on the future; his book brims with élan and feeling, an ode to eros and a lost world, and a warning about the dangers ahead.

From Washington Post

In songs such as the welcome-to-hell “School Song” and “Bruce,” recounting a penitential cake-eating challenge, the ensemble dances through the hallways and assembly rooms with dizzying élan.

From Washington Post

Elan Arfor Connor from Anglesey lost her son after giving birth at 22 weeks last August.

From BBC

But Elan said if certificates of loss before 24 weeks were available, she would have never have had to fight for one.

From BBC