Word: ballets
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...followers of the theatre will be interested in seeing the ballet and theatre mask exhibitions now being shown in the Theater Collection on the top floor of Widener. The Theatre Masks have been loaned by the New England Repertory Theatre Company, having been used in the recent Boston Production of O'Neil's, "The Groat God Brown...
These will remain on display until November nineteenth, along with a special exhibition of the Russian Ballet and old prints of ballet dancers, arranged for the visit of the Ballet Russe de Monto Carlo...
...Balanchine has again shown a nice discretion in his adaptation of the ballet to musical comedy; at one point he combines a tap and a ballet to create an extremely pleasing and original number. His "tape-worm" finale to the first act was something of a disappointment, but it looked as if the ensemble and started on the wrong beat; another number entitled "Big Brother" just plan dies--the full chorus is on stage, but nothing happens, and a little boy is expected to carry the pens, and a little boy is expected to carry the number on adolescent cuteness...
...students turned to the Terpsichorean Monday when they acted as supernumeraries for the Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo, which was making a one-might stand in New Haven...
Last summer in London, Ballet Dancer Serge Lifar of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo was severely criticized for taking curtain calls while the audience called for the ballerina. Ever since, Lifar has been grumpy, dissatisfied. Last week in Manhattan he challenged Ballet Director Leonide Massine to a duel in Central Park. Massine told him, "Take an aspirin." In a huff Lifar took instead the S. S. Champlain for Europe...