trois
Americannoun
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In “Agon,” the masterful 1957 collaboration between Balanchine and Stravinsky, a performance of the first pas de trois — with India Bradley, Taylor Stanley and Meaghan Dutton-O’Hara — was mesmerizing in its tautness.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2023
The cast of three dancers — Black, queer, and trans, at center-stage, perform a male pas de deux and then a pas de trois.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
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
There was also Mälkki's imaginative presentation of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Cello Concerto, which featured exotic instrumentation and a pas de trois with three dancers choreographed by Tero Saarinen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2018
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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