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bourree

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bour·rée  (b-r, b-)
n.
1.
a. An old French dance resembling the gavotte, usually in quick duple time beginning with an upbeat.
b. The music for this dance.
2. A pas de bourrée.
[French, from bourrer, to stuff, from bourre, hair, fluff, from Late Latin burra, a shaggy garment.]


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When teaching ballet to small children you have to break down even the simplest movements, like assemble and pas de bourree, into even smaller digestible pieces.
The Visual Dictionary of Ballet for Children by Lydon, Kate / Dance Magazine
Or as principal dancer Susan Jaffe explains: ``We do (the preparation steps) tombe, pas de bourree, glissade, assemble and then he puts his arm on my hip.
FOR A BIG LIFT, TRY ABT'S `DON QUIXOTE' : DANCERS DISPLAY VIRTUOSITY ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
= 48 faster than a minuet in ([quaver] = 144) 3/8 corrente style 22 Short fughetta with four [micron] = 84 voices, mostly legato 18 Canon at the 6th with three voices [micron] = 96 texture, fast bourree style, non-legato quarter notes 10 Short fughetta with three and [micron] = 72 sometimes four voices, mostly legato 11 Two-part invention, 12/16 gigue style [crotchet].
Bach's Goldberg Variations demystified by Hall, Cory / American Music Teacher
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