Word: ballets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...boredom in the suburbs and rural depravity in the South, All in One offers Paul Draper's clean and stylish tap dancing. Draper seems to have grown more versatile, particularly on the satiric side; but what remains uniquely his is the tapping to classical themes, the suggestion of ballet grace...
...female figure. It was McCardell who first started using blue-jean stitching for design in rough denims (1943), and she was the first with the "riveted look," using work-clothes grippers for fasteners and ornamentation. She introduced the "diaper" bathing suit -and in 1942 she started the craze for ballet slippers. Necessity mothered that invention: unable because of wartime shortages to get the proper shoes for her showroom models, McCardell put them all in fabric Capezio ballet slippers. The fad caught on, and she still suggests designs for many Capezio shoes...
...birds. "That's Spain." But what especially caught Rosamond Bernier's eye was the collection of nine oils painted by Picasso during a 1917 visit to Barcelona. It was an event the family is not likely to forget. Uncle Pablo rode into town with the Diaghilev Ballet Russe, promptly abducted Ballet Dancer Olga Koklova (whom he later married), set up house in Barcelona's Hotel Rancini. In a holiday mood, Picasso began turning out canvases in a bewildering variety of styles: a balcony view of Barcelona's Christopher Columbus column; a painting of a Spanish dancer...
...When Ballet Theater first bounced on the scene 15 years ago, it called itself "a museum of the dance." The label was meant to indicate that all styles, old and new, would be on exhibit. Over the years, the lively museum gave U.S. ballet a new turn: it kicked new life into the mummified remains of classical ballet (which it performed with loving care) and pioneered an electric, freshly dramatic modern style. Last week, to wind up its15th anniversary celebration, Ballet Theater gathered its stars and most famous graduates, moved into Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House for a three...
...uprising against the Germans, but it would be hard to guess it from the suite; despite moments of real strength, its character is mostly sweetness and light. Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortileges (soloists, chorus and Suisse Romande Orchestra conducted by Ernest Ansermet; London). Collette's enchanting ballet-opera about an enchanted child, which Ravel reluctantly finished in 1925 after years of procrastination. The child is throwing a tantrum when the magic begins: the armchair (bass), clock (baritone), teapot (tenor), fire (coloratura soprano) come to life to terrify him into better behavior. Despite its size, the orchestra twiddles...