Word: dancers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...true imagery his description of the dancer is supreme. Byron speaks of the "maid of the ever twinkling feet," but Byron never could have told about "the nervous movements and demonstrations which indicated the bewitching power of the music to which the Terphsichoreans glided across the floor below." The scene, we are told, "was one from fairy land," with "generous bowls of lemonade" scattered around, (could the ordinary mortal imagine such a fitting drink for fairies as lemonade?) while above this domain of fays hung the Yale crew's shell, which "looked down upon the people below, recalling the time...
...great success, and fulfils the expectations raised by the announcement of the play. The tableaux, the ballet, and the costumes are all remarkably good. The ballet, in particular, is the best that has been seen here for a long time. The feats of Ariel, the flying dancer, are wonderful. As presented at first, the piece is much too long. This will, undoubtedly, soon be remedied...