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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:

Ovid's Metamorphoses, tr. by dr. Garth, and others 1812

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

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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.”

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

That's because, like most things in fitness, ballet has reinvented itself so that you can learn to 'plie'.

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That's because, like most things in fitness, ballet has reinvented itself so that you can learn to '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.

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

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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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