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pas de bourree

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pas de bour⋅rée

[Fr. pahduh boo-rey]
–noun, plural pas de bourrée. Ballet.
a short running step.

Origin:
1910–15; < F: lit., bourrée step
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pas de bour·rée   (pä də bŏŏ-rā', bōō-)   
n.   pl. pas de bourrée
A small stepping movement, often executed on pointe, in which the dancer either skims smoothly across the floor or transfers the weight from foot to foot three times as a transition into another movement.

[French : pas, step + de, of + bourrée, bourrée.]
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