One of the Varsity Show’s signature elements has been the pony ballet, shown here by the chorus line from 1929’s Oh Hector!

Beatrice Kay, a performer from Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe supper club, seems unsure what to make of Alexander McAllister ’40 of 1939’s Fair Enough.PHOTO: ANDREW COSTIKYAN ’43

The full cast of 1939’s Fair Enough on stage at the Hotel Astor.PHOTO: DELAR ROCKEFELLER CENTER

Rehearsing the pony ballet on Low Plaza for 1940’s Life Begins in ’40.PHOTO: WILD WORLD PHOTOS, INC

Getting a posture lesson during rehearsals.PHOTO: JACK M. LEWIS

A pony ballet member is flanked by British soldiers in 1954’s Sky’s the Limit.PHOTO: MARTIN MOLLOY ’55, ’60 GSAS

Cast members of 1948’s Streets of New York receive some dance instruction.Photo: MANNY WARMAN

A chorus girl with a Low Library replica on her head cavorts with the Columbia lion in 1980’s Fly With Me.Photo: ADRIAN BRYAN-BROWN

The cast of 1980’s Fly With Me, a revival of 1920’s show, with music by Richard Rodgers ’23 and lyrics by Lorenz Hart (Class of 1918J).Photo: ADRIAN BRYAN-BROWN