trois
Americannoun
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In this version, originally presented by Zurich Ballet and La Scala Ballet in 2016, the pas de trois, performed Friday by Samantha Hope Galler, Alexander Peters and Nicole Stalker, comes first.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 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
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
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
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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