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pas de basque
[ French pah duh bask ]
noun
Ballet.
plural pas de basque.
- a step in which the dancer swings one foot to the side, springs onto it, and swings the other foot against it.
pas de basque
/ pÉ‘ dÉ™ bask; ËŒpÉ‘Ë dÉ™ ˈbÉ‘Ësk /
noun
- a dance step performed usually on the spot, consisting of one long and two short movements during which the weight is transferred from one foot to the other: used esp in reels and jigs
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pas de basque1
1810–20; < French: Basque step
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pas de basque1
from French, literally: Basque step
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Where the bowing and leaping should soon commence, there the old man slid and spun by himself, his arms fluttering, making pretty courtesies to chairs; pausing for a pas de Basque; his heels thumping; executing secret glissades in beeswax.
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She also banned certain steps – the pas de basque and the entrechat – on the grounds that they were "anti-revolutionary".
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To Ballet Master John Taras it is a grand pas de basque.
The bishop buckled to his task, With battements and pas de basque.
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Demi Pas de Basque—A half or incomplete pas de basque.
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