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Pique (other)
Pique or piqué may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Piqué (ballet), a dance movement * ''Pique'' (play), an 1875 play produced by Augustin Daly * "Pique", an episode of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (season 2) Ships * HMS ''Pique'', seven ships of the Royal Navy * USS ''PC-1249'', a US Navy submarine chaser sold to France as ''Pique'' (W13) People * Piqué (surname) Other uses * Piqué (weaving), a weaving style * Pique (river), Haute-Garonne, southern France * Tungiasis, a skin parasite known as "pique" in much of South America * ''Pique Newsmagazine'', a Canadian magazine * Pique, the 1986 FIFA World Cup mascot * Piqué, a type of shot in artistic billiards * Pique (abstract algebra), a quasigroup with an idempotent element * Pique, the emotion of resentment See also * Piqué work, a type of jewelry made from tortoiseshell inlaid with gold or silver * Piquet (other) Piquet is a card game. Piquet may also refer to: People *Georges Jules Piqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piqué (ballet)
Because ballet became formalized in France, a significant part of ballet terminology is in the French language. A À la seconde () (Literally "to second") If a step is done "à la seconde," it is done to the side. 'Second position'. It can also be a balance extending one foot off the ground in ‘Second Position’. À la quatrième () One of the directions of body, facing the audience (''en face''), arms in second position, with one leg extended either to fourth position in front (''quatrième devant'') or fourth position behind (''quatrième derrière''). À terre () Touching the floor; on the floor. Adagio Italian, or French ''adage'', meaning 'slowly, at ease.' # Slow movements performed with fluidity and grace. # One of the typical exercises of a traditional ballet class, done both at barre and in center, featuring slow, controlled movements. # The section of a ''grand pas'' (e.g., ''grand pas de deux''), often referred to as ''grand adage'', that features dance partn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pique (play)
''Pique'' is an 1875 play produced by Augustin Daly, which had a very successful run of 237 consecutive performances in New York at the Fifth Avenue Theatre."Pique" at the Fifth Avenue Theatre '''' (Vol. 8, No. 1) (1876)The Cambridge History of American Theatre, Vol. II p. 239 (1999) It was based in part on the novel ''Her Lord and Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Victims Unit (season 2)
A Special Victims Unit (SVU) is a specialized division within some police departments The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and t .... The Police detective, detectives in this division typically investigate crimes involving sexual assault or victims of non-sexual crimes who require specialist handling such as the very young, the very elderly, or the Disability, disabled. United States New York City The New York City Police Department's New_York_City_Police_Department_Detective_Bureau#Special_Victims_Division, Special Victims Division investigates sex crimes. It is housed in separate Borough Patrols (Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn). The Special Victims Division only investigates the following types of cases: * Any child under 11 years of age who is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
