bourrée


bour·rée

B0424100 (bo͝o-rā′, bo͞o-)n.1. a. An old French dance resembling the gavotte, usually in 3/4 or 2/2 time beginning with an upbeat.b. The music for this dance.2. A movement in ballet in which the dancer transfers body weight quickly from foot to foot, usually on the balls of the feet, in a series of small steps.
[French, from bourrer, to stuff, from bourre, hair, fluff, from Late Latin burra, a shaggy garment.]

bourrée

(ˈbʊəreɪ) n1. (Dancing) a traditional French dance in fast duple time, resembling a gavotte2. (Classical Music) a piece of music composed in the rhythm of this dance[C18: from French bourrée a bundle of faggots (it was originally danced round a fire of faggots)]

bour•rée

(bʊˈreɪ)

n., pl. -rées. 1. an old French and Spanish dance. 2. the music for it. [1700–10; < French: literally, bundle of brushwood]

bourrée

A series of small even staccato steps; the pas de bourrée involves three transfers of weight from foot to foot and has over 20 different variations.