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Pas [pah] Step. A simple step or a
compound movement which
involves a transfer of
weight. Example: pas de
bourrée.
"Pas" also refers
to a dance executed by a
soloist (pas seul), a duet
(pas de deux). and so
on.
Pas de quatre [pah duh KA-truh] A dance for four. The most
famous pas de quatre in
ballet history took place
in London on July 12, 1845,
at a command performance
for Queen Victoria, when
the four greatest
ballerinas of the
nineteenth century, Marie
Taglioni, Carlotta Grisi,
Fanny Cerrito and Lucile
Grahn, appeared
together.
Pas de trois [pah duh trwah] A dance for three.
Similarly, a pas de cinq is
a dance for five people; a
pas de six is a dance for
six people;
etc.
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