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Word: leotarded (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...year-old heroine seemed not so much indecent as psychopathic-a kind of cannibalistic sex kitten. Moving about the stage with catlike grace, her rich, ringing voice zooming with ease through the high, precarious lines, Tynes was by turns willful, vindictive, enraged. Dressed in a gold leotard, she moved with such sinuous authority through the notorious Dance of the Seven Veils (which most sopranos manage to make about as seductive as a mazurka) that some critics could not decide whether she was more gifted as singer or dancer. And in her final scene, in which she kissed and fondled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Girl with Veins of Fire | 7/14/1961 | See Source »

Enter, Indeterminancy. A man in sneakers and grey-flannel slacks walked over to the balloons and started popping them with a pin. A contralto in a sickly green satin cocktail suit began singing St. Louis Blues. A dancer in a black leotard skipped rope while the pianist slammed the keyboard with his elbows. "Five!" cried Cage, his arm descending like the second hand of a clock. Sneakers hit the piano strings with a dead fish. Black Leotard read a newspaper while marking time to the wail of the trombone by flipping a garbage can lid with her foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Anarchy With a Beat | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

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