Several sequences are based upon the motions of batting, catching and pitching, and Mr. Pendleton knows how to make a whirling dancer become a choreographic symbol for a spinning ball.

Flugg was knocked flat by the whirling dancers, but Mattimeo helped him to his paws.

When he ceded the spotlight, it was usually to a whirling dancer: either one of the women officially with the ensemble, or someone from the crowd who had hopped onstage.

Talmor, one arm about Menolly's waist, swung her expertly and quickly into the whirling dancers.

He watched the whirling dancers idly for awhile, then stared.

The bird circled above the head of the whirling dancer.

Another criticism is that the whirling dancers he uses to accompany his shows do not accurately display the correct dervish routines.

For this filigreed and gleaming ballroom and its whirling dancers was the Great Fair itself.

Now, however, the whirling dancers about them, the rhythm of the music, even the oppressive heat of the ballroom seemed to fade from her awareness in the face of Giles's shocking wrath.

There were, however, no whirling dancers.