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Precise little mechanical steps grouped to suggest the scaffolding of the classic ballet, a circus girl teetering on a tight rope, a novice tempted by visions of earthly pleasures, a campus flapper inspired by John Held Jr.'s caricatures???of such varied and original material did Ruth Page create the Manhattan program. Particularly interesting were the Balinese impressions gathered from the recent visit there;* a dance called Sun-Worshippers showing a beach group in bathing suits against a backdrop of skyscrapers; blues done in crazy, geometric design...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Indianapolis Dancer | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

...history may speak of The Pilgrims of 1924, which was in part history and in part a sort of dramatized cartoon. Therein Pilgrim Father Frank W. Stearns?with Elder Henry Cabot Lodge, Elder John W. Weeks and other official caricatures???adventured in the wilderness with blunderbusses. Sorely were the Pilgrims harassed by Big Chief Magnus Johnson with his Indians, who demanded of the Colonists: "Does anybody here speak Swedish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Political Notes: Dec. 17, 1923 | 12/17/1923 | See Source »

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