pas de deux
Americannoun
plural
pas de deux-
a dance by two persons.
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(in classical ballet) a set dance for a ballerina and a danseur noble, consisting typically of an entrée, an adagio, a variation for each dancer, and a coda.
noun
Etymology
Origin of pas de deux
1755–65; < French: literally, step for two
Example Sentences
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These comparisons aren’t exactly nuanced but they are stark and, for most of the film, Franco just asks us to watch them move together and apart, in a strange, avoidant pas de deux.
From Los Angeles Times
Jones relies on a dance vocabulary, evolved from Balanchine, for the five women, each of whom is a muse, as well as the male Mortal employed for a final pas de deux.
From Los Angeles Times
The director comes with hard-earned and believable insights into the awkward pas de deux between a celebrity and a journalist.
From Los Angeles Times
But their eventual pas de deux will send viewers scrambling to rewatch the smoke-and-mirrors mystery thriller to uncover everything that initially went unnoticed.
From Los Angeles Times
The embrace is a signal for a new beginning: an intimate pas de deux that unfolds like a dream within a dream.
From New York Times
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