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passepied

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passe·pied  (päs-py)
n.
1. A spirited dance in triple meter, popular in France and England in the 17th and 18th centuries, resembling a minuet but faster.
2. Music for or in the rhythm of this dance.

[French : passer, to pass; see pass + pied, foot (from Old French, from Latin ps, ped-; see pedal).]

passepied [pɑːsˈpjeɪ]
n pl -pieds [-ˈpjeɪ]
1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) a lively minuet of Breton origin, in triple time, popular in the 17th century
2. (Music, other) (Performing Arts / Dancing) a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
[from French: pass the foot]


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Then, the dancers will return for the brief remaining sections: Courante, Gavotte, Forlane, Menuett, Bourree and Passepied.
Highlights of the program, which was accompanied onstage by fumes Richman's excellent Concert Royal ensemble, were the opening "Dances of the Court," which showed popular dance forms of the period (minuet passepied, rigaudon, allemande), and the subsequent "Danses Nobles," a more formal presentation of dances created for theatrical performances.
 
 
 
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