pas seul

[ French pah sœl ]

noun

, Ballet.

, plural pas seuls [pah , sœl].

1. a dance performed by one person; dance solo.

pas seul

/ pɑ sœl /

noun

1. a dance sequence for one person

Word History and Origins

Origin of pas seul¹

1805–15; < French: literally, solo step

Word History and Origins

Origin of pas seul¹

French, literally: step on one's own

Example Sentences

The wall is not meant for me to hold up, and if no one will ask me to dance, I'll get out and do a pas seul!

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Take care that your face does not express more anxiety for the success of your pas seul than joy at greeting your friend.

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In the next plate Flora is deploring the absence of her Zephyr, who has left her an opportunity to execute a pas seul.

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Angèle kicked up a dainty foot in a preliminary pas seul, but Evelyn stopped her unceremoniously.

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On several occasions I have observed them perform a kind of dance, a pas seul, for each rotifer would be alone by itself.

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