Word: terpsichoreans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bakst, in one respect, is an abstract artist. His color and lie are symbolic and seem to be the natural concomitants of musical and terpsichorean expression. But even without the intended accompaniment of the musician and the dancer, his designs and paintings are of great intrinsic value. it is interesting to think of Bakst in the light of his co-workers, men such as Picasso and Derain, for it was Bakst who supervised the artistic endeavors of these men while they were connected with the "Ballet Russe"; and it was about this time that Stravinsky, at the request of Diaghilev...
...members of the junior class, from which the statistics were gathered, only 11 per cent were jitterbugs, and 89 per cent were opposed to "jitterbugging," describing the modern version of the terpsichorean art as "barbarism...
...dancers' visit was repaid last night when a group of students went Terpsichorean in the Opera House as extras in the Ballet's performance of "Coppolius...
...students turned to the Terpsichorean Monday when they acted as supernumeraries for the Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo, which was making a one-might stand in New Haven...
...Princess Zenobia ballet interlude is about the funniest thing this playgoer has ever seen. Starting with a majestic and dramatic emulation of a heavy dance-drama it rises to a genuine pitch of satirical excellence. "The Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" ballet gives Mr. Bolger fine opportunity to demonstrate his terpsichorean genius and ends up in a screamingly funny bit of farce. This Bolger fellow hasn't a peer in soft-shoe dancing...