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This article focuses on the Colonel W. de Basil's "Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo," which returned recently to America for its third appearance in New York. It came with a stronger corp of first-rate dancers, and the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House made it possible for both dancers and audience to expand comfortably. No brand new ballets are in the repertoire but the past has been rich in invention and some very old ballets have been retouched and presented. A sprinkling of three-year- old creations in the program served to show how the form has been modified up to date. Altogether a greater air of confidence and permanence prevailed, and one had less the impression of watching the last brave flickers of an art that had lost its home.