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trois

American  
[trwah] / trwɑ /

noun

French.
  1. the number 3.


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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

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

Some of the evening’s finest dancing was in the first act’s pas de trois, with the light-footed and serenely musical Joseph Gorak, Catherine Hurlin and Katherine Williams.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2019

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

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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