Definition of Pas de quatre

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pas De Quatre

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

Literary usage of Pas de quatre

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

1. The History of "Punch" by Marion Harry Spielmann (1895)
"-Hill ft CARTOON ENTITLED " THE POLITICAL pas de quatre." (Drawn by AS Henning. Fram "/'* Miller the Younger" itui August, 1845.) Then followed the bright ..."

2. The Art of Ballet by Mark Edward Perugini (1915)
"The climax of a great season came in July of that year, when, at the request of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, the Pas de Quatre, to which reference has ..."

3. The Musical World (1847)
"The general effect of the Pas de Quatre was less imposing than in 1845. ... Her step in the Pas de Quatre, where she makes such charming sport of the pointe ..."

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