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Word: vendredi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...gown, she glided through an adagio with her big partner, Vladimiroff, to music by Glazunov. Again with Vladimiroff, she did her famed Caucasian Dances, a slinky lady then, wild and jimp with shiny eyes, while a little drum tapped like a drunken heartbeat. In a dance called the "Polka Vendredi," with the flavor of a dirty joke of the '70's, she became the sort of person that modern Chief Justices and aging college presidents were warned against in their salad days-a saucy, swaggering, heliotroped trollop. Young blades regarding her shivered slightly with a fear that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Karsavina | 11/10/1924 | See Source »

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