Bourrée step. Pas de bourrée is done dessous, dessus,
devant, derrière, en avant, en arrière and en tournant, en dedans and en dehors,
on the point or demi-pointe.
["bourrée step," the bourrée being an old folk dance]. This term has at least
two meanings. 1. One of the simplest connecting steps, used to link other steps
in a combination. The commonest form is probably the pas de bourrée dessous.
Assume your right foot is in front: left foot on half pointe; step on it and put
your weight on it; move the right foot to the side, transfer your weight to it
(also in relevé); move the left foot to the front of the right and put your
weight on both feet in a plié. 2. (properly called pas de bourrée couru,
"running pas de bourrée"). A gliding movement by a dancer on pointe consisting
of many very small steps taken with the feet close together. When a dancer uses
bourrée as a verb ("Then you bourrée downstage"), she usually means pas de
bourrée couru.
