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pas de bourrée
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pas de bour·rée  (pä d b-r, b-)
n. pl. pas de bourrée
A small stepping movement, often executed on pointe, in which the dancer either skims smoothly across the floor or transfers the weight from foot to foot three times as a transition into another movement.

[French : pas, step + de, of + bourrée, bourrée.]


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