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Definition of Pas de deux
1. Noun. (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble).
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
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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