trois
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“Say you’re doing the ‘Swan Lake’ pas de trois, and you finish the adagio and bow,” says Nicole Graniero, who dances with the Washington Ballet and American Ballet Theatre.
From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2018
It was wonderful to see again Ashton’s two “Monotones” pas de trois, though really they belong on a far larger stage than the Joyce.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2018
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
Thomas’ mixed-media work “Le déjeuner sur l’herbe: Les trois femmes noires,” for example, is 24 feet across and serves as the grand finale of the exhibition.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 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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