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: ❋ Unknown (1812)
And you thought a plie was a simple bend at the knees! ❋ Unknown (2010)
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.” ❋ Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1853)
That's because, like most things in fitness, ballet has reinvented itself so that you can learn to 'plie'.
It's like they were both plie-ing too much and that made some of the movement too jazz-like. ❋ Unknown (2010)
As soon as the teacher saw that grand plie in second position, I knew I was in. ❋ Pia Catton (2010)
Sample move: While pulsing in a plie, extend one hand that's holding a weight to the side and perform small arm circles. ❋ Vicky Hallett (2010)
At that moment, the businessman leapt into the air and landed next to Bonita in a perfect, grand plie. ❋ Unknown (2010)
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. ❋ Unknown (2009)
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. ❋ Unknown (2009)
If you could dance your way out of the projects, the streets would be over run with crunk and plie. we all know she could get student loans up the wazzoo. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Respirer est un calvaire et quand je tousse je me plie de douleur ... ❋ Pinku-tk (2009)
Ai spent 2 “wurk daiz” maiking chutney wif da nawt secund plie ub wurmy appulz. wil hab moar nekst weke fur applause. ❋ Unknown (2008)
My knee joints are going, badly and rapidly, and I grieved last week when I realized I'm not ever going to do something as basic as a plie in a class again, but I can do other things on my own. ❋ Elizabeth McClung (2008)
Practice your plie at the Washington Ballet School ($850 for 34 weeks of lessons). ❋ Unknown (2008)
En plus, elles peuvent être aussi importantes que l'apport de la machinerie scénographique à la fin du XIXème siècle, en faisant du théâtre une entreprise technologique et artistique pour laquelle l'outil se plie ou non au service d'un argument dramaturgique, d'un jeu d'acteur et d'une expression artistique. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Most recently seen in everything from "Live Free or Die Hard" to "Grindhouse" to "Justice League" rumors that would appoint her as the next Wonder Woman, Winstead told us that before she can handle a golden lasso, she needs to perfect her plie, and do great things with her grande jete. ❋ Unknown (2007)
I studied ballet for years, just to prove to my mother that I wasn't hopelessly graceless I failed, miserably, but can nonetheless do a posture-perfect plie. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Man those [plies] in class today really screwed with my knees. Keep your butt in when you plie or I'll [hit it] with [my stick]! ❋ Strand (2013)
I watched his artistic [subtlety] as he achieved a fart [plie] that was not only [astounding] but perfect. ❋ Dr Bunnygirl (2019)
Example 1: A dancer has just fallen after failing to perform a dance move correctly.
Director (yelling angrily): "What the hell do you think you're doing? I said to [plie motherfucker]!"
Example 2: Friend A (who is slaughtering his friend in a video game): "That's kill [number 32] in a row! Beans aha, plie motherfucker, [plie]!"
Friend B: "Fuck my life." ❋ Beigekermit727 (2011)
The [spelling bee] champion did the [a-spot plie] on his [housewife]. ❋ Coop Dupe (2018)
If you get [hauled] before da management wif regards to your [gluttony] at da buffet table, you might be able to strike a plie-bargain as an act of [good faith] in improving your dietary health. ❋ QuacksO (2022)
