But more important, Mr. Baryshnikov's staging had more classical purity.

Mr. Shaw was known as a brilliant classicist, a dancer who combined classical purity, spirit and musicality.

Such classical purity was unknown north of the Alps.

These and other classical elements appeared in a free and fanciful vernacular rather than with any true classical purity.

The clothes have a classical purity without being old-fashioned.

She has fine, chiseled features of classical purity.

The high level of dancing was also a great pleasure, particularly in its authority and a classical purity that is rare today in American ballet.

But he instinctively captures the mix of classical purity and 1928 modernism of the choreography.

Take a chance: the Russians still dance with a kind of classical purity and authority seldom seen here any more.

This international appeal of the Bournonville style, with its ebullience, speed and classical purity, has already been brought home at the festival.