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“Straight his own month grew wider as hi And now himself he views with like snrpi Still at bis oar the 'industrious Libya plie But as he plie*, each busy arm shrinks in And by degrees is fashion'd to a fin:”

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“And you thought a plie was a simple bend at the knees!”

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“General Burgoyne, in _The Heiress_, makes Lady Emily tell Miss Alscrip that the magic words are “nimini pimini;” and that if she will stand before her mirror and pronounce these words repeatedly, she cannot fail to give her lips that happy plie which is known as the “Paphian mimp.””

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“     At that moment, the businessman leapt into the air and landed next to Bonita in a perfect, grand plie.”

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“It's like they were both plie-ing too much and that made some of the movement too jazz-like.”

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“As soon as the teacher saw that grand plie in second position, I knew I was in.”

The Wall Street Journal: At Ailey, the Battle Has Only Begun

“Sample move: While pulsing in a plie, extend one hand that's holding a weight to the side and perform small arm circles.”

The Washington Post: Exercise DVD gifts: Keeping up with Jane Fonda?

“Or maybe it Michael Jackson stamping his Nijinsky onto Thriller -- Michael's American Schereazade -- where he retrofitted the 'epaulement, releve' and grand plie 'into the Moonwalk's reverse ballet, on Motown 25.”

Barry Michael Cooper: Michael Jackson Agonistes: An American Pop'era In Three Acts

“Absent the usual glare and illuminated only by an across the room sixty watt, I spied a tiny ballerina plie then spin on the top shelf amongst the azure and teal silk scarves and jeans abandoned several cheesecakes ago; she was adorned with a pastel bow in her hair borrowed from a single Jimmy Choo that hurt too much to wear.”

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