Hermes Pan

Hermes Pan may refer to:

  • Hermes Pan (choreographer) (1910-1990), Fred Astaire's principal choreographic collaborator
  • An alias used by Paul Barker


Famous quotes containing the words hermes and/or pan:

    “Antiquity breached mortality with myths.
    Narcissus is vocabulary. Hermes decorates
    A cornice on the Third National Bank.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “A ‘spasm band’ is a miscellaneous collection of a soap box, tin cans, pan tops, nails, drumsticks, and little Negro boys. When mixed in the proper proportions this results in the wildest shuffle dancing, accompanied by a bumping rhythm.”
    —For the City of New Orleans, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)