trois
Americannoun
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He will stage a suite of dances from Petipa’s full-length “Paquita” that incorporates the “Minkus Pas de Trois,” Balanchine’s restaging of the ballet’s pas de trois.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
Their break has been good news for their sponsors but there little hope of a stage win for les trois amis.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2018
As the magnetic and impulsive Catherine, Moreau is the force at the center of Truffaut’s celebrated New Wave classic and the focal point of its Bohemian ménage a trois tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2017
Recent works include Antonia Franceschi’s “She Holds Out Her Hand” and a new pas de trois, as yet untitled, by Pam Tanowitz, set to music by David Lang.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2017
She approaches Werner for a second time, her lips working softly, counting to herself— deux trois quatre—coming so close he can count the freckles on her nose, smell the loaf of bread in her knapsack.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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