pas de trois
noun
plural pas de trois
ˌpä-də-ˈtrwä(z) 
-ˈtwä(z)
: a dance or figure for three performers
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After the glory of its opposition on the midnight meridian, Jupiter will appear a bit higher in the east each evening and will engage its stellar neighbors, Pollux and Castor in a sort of celestial pas de trois in the coming weeks.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The novel is a pas de trois (dance for three) starring Natalia, her partner, Alexander, and her nemesis, Dmitri.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025
His every movement added layers to his character, which in turn brought tremendous dramatic power to the gripping pas de trois between the three principal characters and to the production’s final scenes.
—Elaine Schmidt, Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
The costumes define groups of dancers in five eye-popping colors and the choreography includes a series of fanciful but athletic pas de trois, which is a dance with three people.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2022
Dancer Damian Zamorano was a weekend highlight both in the role of Benno and as the male dancer in the opening pas de trois.
—Sean Erwin, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Feb. 2022
Ashley Murphy-Wilson, Ayano Kimura and Ariel Martinez sparkled in the first-act pas de trois.
—Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
Director Edward Hall recently adapted the Coward classic for the screen, with Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, and Leslie Mann as the principal pas de trois, and Judi Dench as the frustrated spiritualist Madame Arcati.
—Christopher Barnard, Town & Country, 24 Feb. 2021
Rewinding the clock, the researchers modeled the pas de trois over 3 billion years—and found that both the LMC and Sagittarius swooped close to the Milky Way, as recently as 50 million years ago.
—Adam Mann, Science | AAAS, 9 Oct. 2020
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2026
The novel is a pas de trois (dance for three) starring Natalia, her partner, Alexander, and her nemesis, Dmitri.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025
His every movement added layers to his character, which in turn brought tremendous dramatic power to the gripping pas de trois between the three principal characters and to the production’s final scenes.
—Elaine Schmidt, Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
The costumes define groups of dancers in five eye-popping colors and the choreography includes a series of fanciful but athletic pas de trois, which is a dance with three people.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2022
Dancer Damian Zamorano was a weekend highlight both in the role of Benno and as the male dancer in the opening pas de trois.
—Sean Erwin, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Feb. 2022
Ashley Murphy-Wilson, Ayano Kimura and Ariel Martinez sparkled in the first-act pas de trois.
—Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
Director Edward Hall recently adapted the Coward classic for the screen, with Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, and Leslie Mann as the principal pas de trois, and Judi Dench as the frustrated spiritualist Madame Arcati.
—Christopher Barnard, Town & Country, 24 Feb. 2021
Rewinding the clock, the researchers modeled the pas de trois over 3 billion years—and found that both the LMC and Sagittarius swooped close to the Milky Way, as recently as 50 million years ago.
—Adam Mann, Science | AAAS, 9 Oct. 2020
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“Pas de trois.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pas%20de%20trois. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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