Definition of Pas de deux

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

Exact synonyms: Duet
Generic synonyms: Dance, Dancing, Saltation, Terpsichore
Terms within: Adagio
Group relationships: Ballet, Concert Dance

Definition of Pas de deux

1. Noun. (dance) A dance performed by two dancers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pas De Deux

parvus
parwelite
parœmial
parœmiographer
parœmiographers
parænesis
parænetic
parænetical
paræstheses
paræsthesia
paræsthesis
paræsthesiæ
paræsthetic
pas-de-deux
pas de chat
pas de deux (current term)
pas de quatre
pas de trois
pas seul
pasan
pasang
pascal
pascal celery
pascals
paschal
paschal candle
paschals
pascoite
pascolizumab
pascual

Literary usage of Pas de deux

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reminiscences of the Opera by Benjamin Lumley (1864)
"... to the Opera in July—The " Pas de Deux " a Great Feature of the Evening—Rivalry of the Two Danseuses—First Appearance of Camillo Sivori, the Violinist, ..."

2. Personal Narrative of a Journey from India to England, by Bussorah, Bagdad by George Thomas Keppel Albemarle (1827)
"pas de deux between a Jew and a Turk. February 19.—IT was entertaining to observe the timid and downcast look, which the Sheikh put on his -countenance this ..."

3. Personal Narrative of Travels in Babylonia, Assyria, Media, and Scythia by George Thomas Keppel Albemarle (1827)
"... —pas de deux between a Jew and a Turk. February 19.—IT was entertaining to observe the timid and downcast look which the ..."

4. The Musical World (1857)
"Had the pas de deux occurred at a reasonable hour in the evening it would have ... Wednesday, 11 Trovatore, with, between the acts, a pas de deux for Mdlle ..."

5. The Art of Ballet by Mark Edward Perugini (1915)
"One can only deplore the fact that the harmony which made possible the pas de deux of the first season should have been, even temporarily, broken, ..."

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