Pari passu is a Latin phrase that literally means "with an equal step" or "on equal footing." It is sometimes translated as "ranking equally", "hand-in-hand," "with equal force," or "moving together,"^{[citation needed]} and by extension, "fairly," "without partiality."

In law, this term is commonly used jargon. Black's Law Dictionary (8th ed., 2004) defines pari passu as "proportionally; at an equal pace; without preference."

In inheritance, an in pari passu (per capita) distribution can be distinguished from a per stirpes (by family branch) distribution. For example, suppose a testator had two children A and B. A has 2 children, and B has 3. The testator leaves his entire estate to his grandchildren in equal shares in pari passu, each grandchild would inherit one fifth of the estate. If the testator left his entire estate to his grandchildren per stirpes (by family branch), the children of A would share one half of the estate equally between the two of them, and the children of B would share one half of the estate equally amongst the three of them. The problem with an in pari passu distribution in the example given is that, let's assume A dies before B. On A's death a distribution could not be made to his or her children: they would have to await the death of B (B may have more children after A's death) before the share of the estate they are to take could be determined.

Passu is a small village on the Karakoram Highway, beside the Hunza River, some 15 kilometers from Gulmit, the Tehsil Headquarter of Gojal in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan, and about 150 km upriver from Gilgit. It lies very near the tongue of the Pasu Glacier, and just south of the tongue of the Batura glacier. The latter is the fifth longest non-polar glacier in the world at 56 km,^{[citation needed]} and reaches very near to the highway. The people are Wakhi and speak the Wakhi Language. Religiously they are Ismaili, a sect of Islam.

Tupopdan, 6,106 metres (20,033 ft), also known as "Passu Cones" or "Passu Cathedral", lies to the north of the village; it is the most photographed peak of the region.^{[citation needed]} Also nearby are the high peaks of Pasu Sar, Shispare Sar, and Batura.

Coordinates: 36°28′N 74°54′E / 36.467°N 74.9°E / 36.467; 74.9

Passu is located with KKH 125 km distanced from Gilgit and near the border of China. And among the ice wall of Karakurum range. In-between Bature and Passu glaciers the village attracts people very much. As water junction the village is every time under threat of river and glaciers or called one of the precarious area.

Leigh Warren (born 1952) is an Australian contemporary dance choreographer and Artistic Director of Leigh Warren & Dancers (LWD) having previously been at the Australian Dance Theatre. He choreographed and directed the Portrait Trilogy of operas by Philip Glass (Akhnaten (2002), Einstein on the Beach (2006) and Satyagraha (2007)) performed by LWD, the Adelaide Vocal Project and the State Opera of South Australia.

Warren studied at Valrene Tweedie's Australian Academy of Ballet in Sydney, New South Wales and the Australian Ballet School. He was awarded an Australian Churchill Fellowship to study in 1974 at The Juilliard School in New York where he studied with Kazuko Hirabayashiu of the Martha Graham School.

Warren has danced with:

He lectured at the Victorian College of the Arts before being appointed artistic director of the Australian Dance Theatre (1987–1992). He formed and has directed Leigh Warren & Dancers from 1992 to the present.