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...Johann Sebastian Bach, Maurice Ravel and that infectious zoologist, Cole ("Let's Do It") Porter who used to lead the Yale Glee Club. A tune by the late great Bach is intoned during a dance entitled "Gothic'' in which two girls named Tilly Losch and Ann Barberova strike attitudes marvelously reminiscent of medieval sculpture and stained glass. To the threnodies of Ravel, the remarkable Losch, whose dancing has made her something of a fetish in Europe, performs an extraordinary "Arabesque" in which her hands and torso trace sinuous designs while her feet remain motionless. Cole Porter fulfills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 13, 1930 | 1/13/1930 | See Source »

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