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pas de deux

[Fr. pahd^uh dœ]

noun, plural pas de deux. Ballet.

a dance by two persons.

(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.

Origin:
1755–65; < French: literally, step for two

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pas de deux (French pɑddø)

—n , pl pas de deux
	ballet a sequence for two dancers

[French: step for two]

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