During the 1920s, the dancer Ruth Page (ballerina) commissioned Loomis to write a distinctively new kind of American ballet for her international tour. The Flapper and the Quarterback toured Asia and Russia with Page's company, and was a featured part of the festivities surrounding the coronation of Japan's Emperor Hirohito in 1928. The choreography was influenced broadly by the popular dance styles of the Jazz Age.American Opera and Its Composers, pg. 299.
