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

There was to be a grand dinner, and then our music-master, Mr. 13-04, would lead a band and singers in a brief operatic divertissement, delectable to the taste of His Lordship.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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

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

The divertissements that take up most of act two are the weakest theatrical element of the ballet.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2012

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

Such are some of the divertissements of Yezo travel.

From Unbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird