It is unlikely that all the gigglers appreciated the satirical fine points of this 1995 romp, essentially a sendup of classical ballet conventions.

In this work, Rembrandt shies away from classical conventions by showing her not as a glamorous beauty but as a frightened naturalistic looking girl.

New themes spring up at will in his symphonies, contravening classical convention.

At this stage in his musical development, Parry moved away from the classical conventions inspired by Mendelssohn.

Yet these classical conventions obscured the truth of our sensations, and consequently, the truth of our own human nature was limited.

He filled the classical conventions with irony, turned them on their heads, or did away with them altogether and created new poetic space in which to work.

The writing conventions varied by time and place until classical conventions prevailed.

I understand that modern Arabic poetry mostly follows classical convention.

As well as being written in classical Chinese, the national anthem follows classical poetic conventions.

But his works rarely appear on concert programs, and with good reason: they are written for specialized ensembles and against classical convention.