What is a pas de bourre?
Pas de deux grand pas de deux first appeared in the early 18th century as opening acts of operas and ballets in which a couple would perform identical dance steps, sometimes while holding hands. At that time and throughout the Baroque period, ballet partner dancing was evolving to show more dramatic content. For example, in "The Loves of Mars and Venus" ballet of 1717, Mars (the male dancer) strove to portray gallantry, respect, ardent love and adoration, while Venus showed bashfulness, reciprocal love, and wishful looks. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries a romantic pas de deux emerged that involved closer
Pas de trois Pas de trois Pas de trois is a French term usually referring to a dance in ballet between three people. Typically a "Pas de trois" in ballet consists of 5 parts - Today, the most celebrated "Pas de trois" in the classical ballet repertory are derived from the works of the great choreographer Marius Petipa. Although the Balletmaster created many "Pas de trois" for the near 150 ballets he created throughout his career in Russia, only three survive: the "Pas de trois des Odalisques" from his revival of the ballet "Le Corsaire" (set to the music of Adolphe Adam and