divertissement

This 1898 divertissement by Marius Petipa, to the melodious music of Alexander Glazunov, is accented with moves shaped by Hungarian folk dance and has long been a staple of various classical ballet companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

The loveliest expression of these is in the second act, where the enchanted forest is replaced by a pure-dance divertissement.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2022

He is right to call “Optional Family” a divertissement: The 10-minute work for three dancers is amusing, well crafted and intriguing.

From New York Times ● May 19, 2021

This stitched-together divertissement, complete with dance sequences and musical interludes, opens itself up to alterations, rearrangements and modern liberties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2016

With a slight splash, Matthew began scooping quartered slices of peaches into his mouth with such a zealous sucking and slurping that even his father paused to witness the divertissement.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

He followed it with a succession of intensely theatrical divertissements, often revolving around unexpected intellectual conceits or bizarre juxtapositions and featuring brilliant dialogue, puns, repartee, double meanings and misunderstandings.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

Of course, no one remembers Bernini for his divertissements.

From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2021

To prove he was worth his salt in card-sharking, Fallon asked Reynolds to engage in a friendly game of Slapjack, yet another one of Fallon’s twisted divertissements.

From Time ● Sep. 22, 2015

Three masterpieces, six worthwhile divertissements, three really fascinating films that get better with age, four interesting failures, and one movie that's all of the above.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2011

These men are firmly against all the divertissements of more cultured regions.

From The American Credo A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind by George Jean Nathan