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‖ port de bras Ballet.|pɔr də bra|
Pl. ports de bras.
[Fr., lit. ‘carriage of the arms’.]
The act or manner of moving and poising the arms; also, one of a series of exercises designed to develop the graceful movement and poising of the arms.
1912Dancing Times Aug. 449/2 Arms... The Port de Bras, and exercises thereon. 1920Ibid. Dec. 181 In operatic dancing..certain exercises have been evolved..known as the side and centre practice, the ports de bras and the adage. 1922Beaumont & Idzikowski Man. Classical Theatr. Dancing ii. ii. 56 Port de Bras deals with the positions and movements of the arms. 1940C. W. Beaumont Diaghilev Ballet in London ix. 203 The attention paid to such details..makes the dance a work of art and not a mere combination of steps and port de bras rendered by a woman in ballet costume. 1948Ballet Ann. II. 68 The eight ports de bras, or exercises to develop the graceful movement and co-ordination of the arms. 1952[see épaulement]. 1958Times 22 Aug. 6/3 So gracious and erect was her head held on her shoulders, so beautifully poised her ports de bras. 1963Times 9 May 16/7 Her footwork proved exemplary... Her ports de bras were a little inelegant, sometimes giving a slightly gauche appearance to her line. 1975New Yorker 18 Aug. 77/3 The grandeur of her carriage makes even a simple rhythmic port de bras, such as the one she does standing in a cluster of Wilis, an exciting dance experience. |