pas de bourrée

[pah d^uh boo-rey]

noun

Ballet.

plural

pas de bourrée 

1. a short running step.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pas de bourrée¹

1910–15; < French: literally, bourrée step

Example Sentences

“That’s your pas de bourrée, your pas de gavotte.”

From New York Times

“How you interpret it, how you feel the rise and fall of it, that’s up to you,” she told a group of students, ages 12 to 17, referring to the back-side-side footwork of a pas de bourrée, a structured preface to “freestyle snow.”

From New York Times

This preteen dance troupe will pas de bourrée for the last time.

From New York Times

For the finale, we performed a pas de bourrée, glissade and grand jete.

From Washington Post

“The pas de bourrée should be faster; the turn, less but more active,” he said, as she adjusted.

From New York Times