pas de deux

     

In ballet, a pas e deux (French, step/dance for two) is a duet in which ballet steps are performed together. It usually consists of an entrée, adagio, two variations (one for each dancer), and a coda.

Trivia about pas de deux

  • Meaning "step-for-two", it's a dance duet that includes an entre, an adagio, two solos & a coda
  • In Jerome Robbins' "Celebration", couples representing 5 countries dance this, "step for 2" in French
  • In 1973 Kain & Augustyn, the Fonteyn & Nereyev of Canada, won a coveted Moscow Prize for the best of these duets