pas de trois

T0384400 (trwä)n. pl. pas de trois A dance for three.

[French : pas, step + de, of, for + trois, three.]

pas de trois

(ˌpɑ də ˈtrwɑ)

n., pl. pas de trois (ˈtrwɑ, ˈtrwɑz) a dance for three dancers. [1755–65; < French: literally, step for three]

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Noun

pas de trois - (ballet) a dance for three peopledancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to musicballet, concert dance - a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers

Pas de Trois

a dance form that basically repeats the structure of the pas de deux. It is most frequently performed by two female dancers and one male, as in Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake; it can also be danced by one female dancer and two males, as in Bayer’s Die Puppenfee, or three females, as in Adam’s Le Corsaire.

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noun (ballet) a dance for three people

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