poetry in motion

If we must have male figures in the most conspicuous parts of ballets, they should be young men of light and agreeable figures. … But for the true realization of poetry in motion, the eye of the artist and true amateur requires the beautiful proportions of the female figure.

Poetry in motion, walkin' by my side / Her lovely locomotion keeps my eyes open wide / Poetry in motion, see her gentle sway / A wave out on the ocean could never move that way