pas de deux

Noun

Meaning

(ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble)

Alternative names

pas-de-deux

Synonyms

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Examples

A pas de deux is a dialogue of love. How can there be conversation if one partner is dumb? Rudolf Nureyev

I saw every performance Nijinsky danced in New York, and I see every baseball game I can get to. You watch a good second baseman digging for a badly thrown ball without letting his foot leave base and it's the same beautiful impossibility as a good pas de deux in Swan Lake. Rex Stout

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes. Natalia Makarova

; pas de deux : lit. "step for two"; in ballet, a dance or figure for two performers, a duet; also a close relationship between two people. Source: Internet

The pas de deux was later added to the ballet Satanella in 1866 where it acquired its more well-known title, the "Satanella" pas de deux. Source: Internet

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