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pas de deux

[ French pahduh »å²Õ ]

noun

Ballet.
plural pas de deux.
  1. a dance by two persons.
  2. (in classical ballet) a set dance for a ballerina and a danseur noble, consisting typically of an entrée, an adagio, a variation for each dancer, and a coda.


pas de deux

/ ±èÉ‘»å»åø /

noun

  1. ballet a sequence for two dancers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of pas de deux1

1755–65; < French: literally, step for two
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pas de deux1

French: step for two
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The director comes with hard-earned and believable insights into the awkward pas de deux between a celebrity and a journalist.

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But their eventual pas de deux will send viewers scrambling to rewatch the smoke-and-mirrors mystery thriller to uncover everything that initially went unnoticed.

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Their performance glowed, and not just because it was newsworthy: This was the first pairing of two nonbinary dancers in a major pas de deux at City Ballet.

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Their partnership has a rounded sophistication that can be rare in a contemporary pas de deux.

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A young romance backed by a cheeky ukulele number abuts beautiful acrobatic pas de deux, lit by actor-held spotlights.

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