Pas de quatre (Ballet term)

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A Pas de Quatre featuring Lucile Grahn, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito, and Marie Taglioni.
A Pas de Quatre featuring Lucile Grahn, Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito, and Marie Taglioni.

Pas de Quatre. French term usually referring to a dance in ballet between four people.

Pas de Quatres appear in many ballets, between different combinations of female and male dancers. The most famous was a ballet choreographed by Jules Perrot, simply titled Pas de Quatre, to music by Cesare Pugni.