Definition of Gaetan Vestris

1. Noun. Italian dancing-master for Louis XVI who was considered the greatest dancer of his day; he was the first to discard the mask in mime (1729-1808).

Exact synonyms: Vestris
Generic synonyms: Dancer, Professional Dancer, Terpsichorean

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaetan Vestris

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Gae Bulg
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Gael
Gaelic
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Gaelic coffee
Gaelic coffees
Gaelic football
Gaelic games
Gaelic handball
Gaelophone
Gaels
Gaeltacht
Gaenslen's sign
Gaetan Vestris (current term)
Gaetano Donizetti
Gaffky scale
Gaffky table
Gafsa
Gagarin
Gagauz
Gagauzes
Gagauzia
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Gaia
Gaian
Gaianism
Gaibandha District
Gail

Literary usage of Gaetan Vestris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Great Singers by George Titus Ferris (1879)
"He was accustomed to say : " Auguste is a better dancer than I am; he had Gaetan Vestris for a father, an advantage which nature refused me. ..."

2. The Art of Ballet by Mark Edward Perugini (1915)
"In the course of time, she came to know Gaetan Vestris, and with him she studied dancing. She made her debut at the Opera in June, 1761, and delighted the ..."

3. Dancing by Lilly Grove Frazer, Frazer (Lily Grove), Lilly Grove, Percy Macquoid (1895)
"The old man then would demurely say : ' My son Auguste is a better dancer than I am, for he had Gaetan Vestris as a father, an advantage which nature had ..."

4. Family Records and Events: Compiled Principally from the Original by Livingston Rutherfurd (1894)
"... the eccentric Gaetan Vestris, founder of the remarkable Vestris family; his father danced in public considerably more than fifty years. ..."

5. The Musical World (1861)
"... which occurs in the fifth act, was to have been danced by Gaetan Vestris, who represented the fairhaired Phoebus with an enormous black wig, a mask, ..."

6. Great Musical Composers: German, French and Italian by George Titus Ferris (1887)
"Gaetan Vestris, the first of the family, known as the " Dieu de la Danse" and who held that there were only three great men in Europe, Frederick the Great ..."

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