Georges Balanchine Chef d'état ?

[Katharine Kanter]

Petite réunion sympathique des monarchistes poussiéreux de ce monde ?

"The performances ended on a note of inspired poignancy. Traditionally, the dancers wave hand flags in the finale to spell "God Save the Queen" in semaphore code. At these performances it was "George Balanchine" and as the youngsters saluted, a panel descended with a famous portrait of Balanchine demonstrating a foot stretch. "


From the New York Times, yesterday (SAB performance)


Et pour revenir au chapitre des innovations philologiques du New York Times,

in case you were wondering, Gang, a "foot-stretch" in Newspeak, is a tendu.