Word: classics
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...need have no worry about the impact of Maria Schell on the U.S. male moviegoer. The strapping thighs plus classic features of European girls are among the assets which have turned thousands of them into G.I. brides. Being a cautious European, I will say nothing about the reactions of the U.S. female moviegoer...
...Shakers. But, as shown on these pages, among the peoples of Asia dancing is still an organic and important part of religion; each step and gesture, even a finger's tilt, may be loaded with metaphysical meaning. Costumes are designed according to ancient and elaborate convention: in a classic Indian dance drama called Kathakali, the makeup alone often takes from early morning until late in the afternoon. The music accompanying dancers in the East ranges from the Kathakali's ceaseless thunder of drums (the drummers work in relays) to the Burmese Zat Pwé orchestra of a dozen...
...Choreographer Balanchine, it was the fourth premiere in an amazing nine-week stretch. The first was Square Dance, a whimsical leap between cultures. To the chamber music of Corelli and Vivaldi and the cadenced commands of Square Dance Caller Elisha C. Keeler, dancers executed the disciplined, classic patterns that Balanchine has made a trademark. The mixture was unlikely, but when Keeler had twanged out his last call ("That is all; the dance is ended/ The music is finished; the caller's winded''), audiences cheered the blend of do-si-do and pas de deux...
...pearls at the wrist, and the light reflections on the pendant brooch are skillfully worked through. But Ingres' most consummate draftsmanship went into modeling the head, with its smoothly coiffured hair, its serene brow, aristocratic nose and demure mouth. Finished, it met Ingres' high standards, derived from classic Greek and Roman art; the subject stood portrayed devoid of any distracting sign of the artist's labor, smoothly polished, monumental and lifelike. Ingres was able to announce with satisfaction that it had been received "a I'applauso di tutti...
...final pantomines of the evening belonged to M. Marceau and his classic creation, Bip. "Bip as the Botany Professor," and "Bip as a Lion Tamer" are M. Marceau at his best. For those who could neither find tickets nor, for that matter, afford the prices, M. Marceau opens tomorrow in New York and remains there until February...