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port de bras
[ French pawr duh bra ]
noun
, Ballet.
- (used with a singular verb) the technique of moving the arms properly.
- (used with a plural verb) the exercises for developing this technique.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of port de bras1
1910–15; < French: carriage of arm
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Example Sentences
To move through the sweeping gestures of a grand port de bras, the aching lift of an arabesque.
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She was showing it to us, humming the music under her breath as she moved through the port de bras and pique turns.
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We’d float them above our heads in port de bras.
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Not quite to second position port de bras.
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Surrounded by Nets players, Tatum stretches into the air, his arm extending toward the basket in an elegant port de bras.
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