Word: danseur
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Devil his due, he is a flashy dresser-if one can believe the folklore of the Quebec villages along the lower St. Lawrence. Some of the villagers are sure, as their ancestors were before them, that they have met the Devil socially. To them he is le Beau Danseur-the Handsome Dancer...
...wrote: "From the muffled whispers in the row behind me, I gathered that four elderly ladies, sitting together, were experts on the whole performance. They chatted knowingly about Ninette de Valois' discovery of Ballerina Margot Fonteyn, discussed the merits of Karsavina, Pavlova, Markova, noted the fact that Danseur Michael Somes had spent four years in the British army during the war. During the intermission, I turned round, curious to see these well-informed critics. They looked as if they might have been schoolteachers, and they were huddled over a red-bordered magazine. It was TIME...
...position as the U.S.'s finest dramatic dancer; Illinois-born John Kriza had grown up from the line to become the company's most versatile star; Texas-born Nana Gollner was a fit and fleet classical partner for Russian-born Igor Youskevitch, who is perhaps the finest danseur noble afoot...