terpsichorean

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of or relating to dancing; "her terpsichorean activities"

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Roman statue of Terpsichore from Hadrian's Villa, nowadays at the Prado Museum (Madrid).

Terpsichore, Muse of Music and ballet, an oil on canvas painting by Jean-Marc Nattier (1739).

In Greek mythology, Terpsichore (/tərpˈsɪkəriː/; Τερψιχόρη) "delight in dancing" was one of the nine Muses and goddess of dance and chorus.^[1] She lends her name to the word "terpsichorean" which means "of or relating to dance". She is usually depicted sitting down, holding a lyre, accompanying the ballerinas' choirs with her music. Her name comes from the Greek words τέρπω ("delight") and χoρός ("dance").

Historical references

Terpsichore figures among her sisters in Hesiod's Theogony.
When The Histories of Herodotus were divided by later editors into nine books, each book was named after a Muse. Terpsichore was the name of the fifth book.

Modern references

In the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers feature film Swing Time (1936), Lucky (Astaire), when asked by Mr. Gordon, why he wishes to learn to dance, answers: "To flirt with terpsichory". He then proceeds to take a dance lesson with Penny (Rogers), culminating in a paired tap routine.
"Terpsichore" is the title of a large collection of dance tunes collected by Michael Praetorius, some originating with Pierre-Francisque Caroubel.
In an episode called "Quick-Quick Slow Death" of the UK crime agent series The Avengers, a dance institute is called Terpsichorean Training Techniques Inc.
The fifth season episode of Xena: Warrior Princess Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire centers around a battle of the bands for Terpsichore's Lyre.
Terpsichore is also found in François Couperin's "Second Ordre" from the Pièces de clavecin.
Terpsichore is also found in the third version (HWV 8c) of Handel's opera Il pastor fido (1712). This opera is sometimes referred to as Terpsicore and Il pastor fido.
The eighteenth century French dancer and courtesan Marie-Madeleine Guimard named the private theater in her private palace (1766) the Temple of Terpsichore.
British 32-gun frigate HMS Terpsichore (1785) commanded by Captain Bowen participated in the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797).
In the 1947 film Down To Earth Rita Hayworth plays Terpsichore, who is annoyed and visits Earth to change a musical that depicts her in a bad light.
T.S. Eliot in the poem 'Jellicle Cats' from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939), refers to the 'terpsichorean powers' of Jellicle Cats as they dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon.
In the film McLintock! Drago introduces an exhibition of new dance steps as Terpsichorean.
Olivia Newton-John plays the muse Terpsichore as Kira in the 1980 film Xanadu.
Terpsichore in Sneakers is the title of a 1980 study of postmodern dance by dance historian and critic Sally Banes.
The Russian singer Origa sings a song, "Tersicore".
The Terpsichorean Muse is referred to by John Cleese in the Cheese Shop sketch of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
The Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cahn song "Come Dance with Me" (popularized by Frank Sinatra) includes the lyric "what an evening for some Terpsichore." However it is sung as a three-syllable word with the "chore" component pronounced like "core" (to rhyme with "for") rather than "curry".
Terpsichore is a technique used by the royal guard Neferpitou to "dance past one's limits" in the manga Hunter × Hunter.
In the Les Luthiers' Unen canto con humor comedy show is referred in a sketch by Daniel Rabinovich and Marcos Mundstock, but Daniel improperly pronounces her name, calling her "Esther Píscore".
On the album Istoria ~Musa~, J-Pop and World singer Shikata Akiko sings "Terpsichora," a dedication song to the goddess.
Terpsichore is also the name of a street in New Orleans' historic neighborhoods of Faubourg Lafayette and the Lower Garden District. It runs alongside Euterpe and Melpomene streets, also named for Greek muses.
Terpsichorean is also the name of the Choreography Society of Hansraj College, University of Delhi, India.
Terpischore "Choral Dance" is the name of a chapter in Theresa Cha's Dictee.
Reference "Oh Terpsichore" in Nuala ni Dhomhnaill's poem "Cathleen"
"Some Terpsichore" is the title of a short story in a 2014 book, Thunderstruck and Other Stories, by Elizabeth McCracken.

References

^ Theoi Project, Greek Mythology, Muses [1], Retrieved April 29, 2014

External links

Media related to Terpsichore at Wikimedia Commons
Facebook Page for Terpsichore
Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (ca 40 images of Terpsichore)

English Journal

Terpsichorean movements of pentaammineruthenium on pyrimidine and isocytosine ligands.

LaChance-Galang KJ1, Maldonado I, Gallagher ML, Jian W, Prock A, Chacklos J, Galang RD, Clarke MJ.
Inorganic chemistry.Inorg Chem.2001 Jan 29;40(3):485-92.
Pentaammineruthenium moves on ambidentate nitrogen heterocycles by both rotation and linkage isomerization, which may affect the biological activity of potential ruthenium metallopharmaceuticals. The rapid rotation rates of [(NH3)5RuIII] coordinated to the exocyclic nitrogens of isocytosine (ICyt) a
PMID 11209605

The case of the tiny terpsichorean.

Lieberman A.
The Journal of the Indiana State Medical Association.J Indiana State Med Assoc.1966 May;59(5):456-60.
PMID 5930139

Terpsichorean Torsion.

Root HS.
Canadian Medical Association journal.Can Med Assoc J.1962 Feb 24;86(8):381.
PMID 20327045

Japanese Journal

Olga Sapphire: A Terpsichorean Existence in Japan before and after World War II

佐藤俊子
舞踊學 1996(19), 22-22, 1996
NAID 130003708925

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