Word: faun
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cracked and he was in a Swiss asylum. But there was handsome Leonide Massine who, if not so great a dancer, was a better maltre de ballet, a more brilliant choreographer. And there was Leon Woizikovsky who had done many of Ni- jinsky's roles (Harlequin, Petrouchka, the faun in L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune). Woizikovsky went off with Anna Pavlova, stayed with her until she died (TIME, Feb. 2, 1931). Then he returned to Monte Carlo and the Diaghilev tradition which has no patience with dancers who feature themselves at the expense of the general...
...rash is compelling enough, even break quarantine and show themselves in public. Author Faulkner, with a prominent but still embattled reputation as a proseman, now comes forth with a small (72-page) book of poems. It is his second such venture (in 1924 he published The Marble Faun) and only deep-dyed Faulknerites will find it more fine than frenzied. His simultaneous debut last week as a cinema author was more impressive evidence of his versatility...
...life of an aging harlot is not likely to be much like a faun's afternoon. In A Day Off the blowzy heroine, just ditched by her last furtive provincial protector, blows in all her remaining shillings on a junket to Richmond Park, to have a nap on the grass. In the ladies' room she has luck enough to steal a purse, and when she gets home she finds a farewell present from George under her door. But she knows the jig is almost up. Authoress Jameson puts her to bed, watches her doze off. "The pulse...
Musical drollery, even horseplay, is found in the popular "Merry Pranks" of Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary figure in Germany. In this, Richard Strauss introduces many novel twists and at all times the comedy is good. Debussey's "Afternoon of a Faun" will add to the program sublety and charm...