Definition of Pas de trois

1. Noun. (ballet) a dance for three people.

Generic synonyms: Dance, Dancing, Saltation, Terpsichore
Group relationships: Ballet, Concert Dance

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pas De Trois

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

Literary usage of Pas de trois

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

1. Revue et gazette musicale de Paris (1840)
"... dont le mari était, également en qualité de mime, au théâtre San-Carlo. Cette dame paraîtra d'abord dans un pas de trois avec. ..."

2. The Musical World (1851)
"... pas de trois, entitled Les Graces, composed expressly for Carlotta Grisi, Amalia Ferraris, and Marie Taglioni. Of this splendid display of terpsichorean ..."

3. Book Auction Records by Frank Karslake (1902)
"Fairy Scenes, with Cupola, and Pas de Trois, with torch, red seal mounts, gold borders (P. Oct. 25 ; 59) Lewis, ..."

4. The German Drama in English on the Philadelphia Stage from 1794 to 1830 by Charles Frederic Brede (1918)
"They appeared with Follies of a Day, July 13, in a "Pas de Trois from the opera of Trajan as in Paris," July 18, in a "Pas de Trois from the German opera of ..."

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