(left to right) Elsa Vill, Pierre Vladimirov, and Elizaveta Gerdt in the Paquita Pas de trois (AKA Minkus Pas de trois), St. Petersburg, 1909

Pas de trois. French term usually referring to a dance in ballet between three people. Typically a Pas de trois in ballet consists of 6 parts -

1. The Entrée (the opening number for the 3 dancers, usually preceded by a short introduction)
2. Variation (or solo) for the 1st dancer
3. Variation for the 2nd dancer
4. Variation for the 3rd dancer
5. the Coda (a finale usually set to music of a quick tempo in which the dancers bring the piece to a spectacular finish)

Today, the most celebrated Pas de trois in the classical ballet repertory are derived from the works of the great choreographer Marius Petipa. Although the Balletmaster created many Pas de trois for the near 150 ballets he created throughout his career in Russia, only three survive - the Pas de trois des Odalisques from his revival of the ballet Le Corsaire (set to the music of Adolphe Adam and Cesare Pugni, choreographed for 3 women), the Paquita Pas de trois added to his 1881 revival of the ballet Paquita (set to the music of Ludwig Minkus and Eduard Deldevez; sometimes referred to as the Golden Pas de trois or Minkus Pas de trois; choreographed for 2 women and one man), and the Pas de trois from the first act of his 1895 revival of the ballet Swan Lake (choreographed for 2 women and one man).

Typically Petipa fashioned the Entrée of a Pas de trois in such a way so that the dancer who performs the first variation exits the stage about 3 quarters of the way through in order to rest and prepare for his or her solo.

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Emmanuel Thibault is a French dancer, born in 1974.^[1]

After early studies with Max Bozzoni, he was admitted to the Paris Opera Ballet School and was educated there.

At the age of fifteen, Emmanuel Thibault joined the Paris Opera, thereupon becoming a student of the ballerina Noëlla Pontois, with whom he continues to work to this day. Appointed Soloist (sujet) at the age of seventeen, he was appointed Principal (premier danseur) following the Internal Promotion Contest (Concours interne de promotion) on December 23, 2004.

Compelling stagecraft and mime, majestic épaulement, ideal legibility in petit allegro, mastery of the plastique in grand allegro, Emmanuel Thibault is considered by his peers to be an eminent representative of the French School.^{[citation needed]}

Since 2004, Emmanuel Thibault has been working closely with the première danseuse Myriam Ould-Braham, and has danced with her all over Europe.

Awards[link]

Silver Medal, Concours international de danse de Paris – 1990; Gold, Eurovision Young Dancers’ Competition, Helsinki - 1991; Prix Espoir, Association pour le Rayonnement de l’Opéra de Paris (AROP) – 1994 ; Silver Medal - Varna Competition (date unknown), Prix de l’AROP - 2002. Léonide Massine Prize (with Myriam Ould-Braham) - 2005.

Principal roles[link]

• The Faun in Jerome Robbins’s ‘The Four Seasons’;
• ‘Le Spectre de la rose’ by Michel Fokine, staged by Pierre Lacotte;
• Puck in John Neumeier’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’;
• Grand pas de Trois in ‘Paquita’ by Marius Petipa, staged by Pierre Lacotte;
• Bronze Idol, in ‘La Bayadère’, staged by Rudolf Nureyev;
• Grand pas de trois in Act I of ‘The Swan Lake’, staged by Rudolf Nureyev;
• The Bluebird, in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ by Marius Petipa, staged by Rudolf Nureyev;
• Peasant Pas de deux in ‘Giselle’ by Jules Perrot, staged by Patrice Bart;
• Mercutio in ‘Romeo and Juliet’, choreography by Rudolf Nureyev;
• Basilio in ‘Don Quixote’, staged by Rudolf Nureyev; The Bluebird in Carla Fracci's Staging of "The Sleeping Beauty" at the Rome Opera; Prince Désiré in the Inoue Ballet Foundation's staging of "The Sleeping *Beauty" at Tokyo, the Prince in the Inoue Ballet Foundation's staging of "Cendrillon" at Tokyo; Colas in Frederick Ashton's staging of "La Fille mal gardée" for the Paris Opera.

Films[link]

• Serge Peretti, le dernier des Italiens, film by Dominique Delouche (Le Tambourin)
• Paquita, Grand pas de trois, Act I (Paris Opera Ballet, Lacotte), with Mlles. Daniel and Hurel
• The Swan Lake, Grand pas de trois, Act I (Paris Opera Ballet, Nureyev) with Mlles. Daniel and Gilbert
• Jewels, Pas de trois, Emeralds Section (Paris Opera Ballet, Balanchine) with Mlles. Abbagnato and Daniel.
• Giselle, Pas de deux des Paysans (with Myriam Ould-Braham) (Paris Opera Ballet, Perrot/Bart)

References[link]