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Word: ramp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet Union, is virtually unknown here, except for a section called "Kingdom of the Shades," which is a distillation of Marius Petipa's pure classicism. The film The Turning Point made beautiful use of its opening sequence, in which the corps de ballet slowly descends a ramp, all the dancers doing the same graceful movement, based on an arabesque, so that the audience sees it from every angle and at the same time as a single image. The stage becomes a vision of harmony, symmetry and peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Verdi Would Be Cheering | 6/2/1980 | See Source »

...mammoth Washington Hilton ballroom, Rex Humbard, 60, and his family tape their down-home variety show of song and gospel patter for his 236 TV outlets in the U.S. and 414 in other nations. The set: a rotating stage carpeted in black velvet with a ramp bordered by flashing lights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Stars of the Cathode Church | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

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