The phrase "classic gesture" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a gesture that is traditional, well-known, or widely recognized in a particular context.
Example: "The bow is a classic gesture of respect in many cultures."
Alternatives: "timeless gesture" or "traditional gesture."
One of the photographs shows her with her hand over her mouth, in the classic gesture of stifled surprise.
It is the classic gesture of contemplation, familiar to both General MacArthur and Jack Benny, and Clare manages to emanate both their moods at once — grave but also strangely comical.
And then, with the classic gesture of the travelling actor saying goodbye to another temporary home, she blew a kiss and bowed in the direction of her now phantom audience.
Indeed, with delicate irony, the cover illustration is a photograph of the classic gesture of the Western artist interested in representational modes, who stretches out his hand, holding his pencil, to measure the relative size of the objects in the landscape he is observing.
This is a classic gesture with good reason: research suggests that flowers naturally lift our spirits, stimulating our mood and even positive memories.
His players, Paul Bettany, Olivia Williams and Helena Bonham Carter, demonstrate the classic gestures of English period acting.
They are stocked with classic gestures of piano technique: sweeping Lisztian octaves, shimmering Debussyan arpeggios, Chopinesque passagework, misty chords out of Grieg's "Lyric Pieces," the stained-glass harmonies of Olivier Messiaen.
There was a great deal of dancing during the evening — perhaps too much, as Thai dance requires perfect synchronization of a series of classic gestures, all of which must be delivered with fluidity and grace.
To the uncountable many who have attempted to recreate those classic gestures and inflections, add Ed Dennehy, who said at a rehearsal that he "will not fall into the camp thing" when he plays Davis in "Me and Jezebel," a two-person play that began performances at the Spiegel Theater on the Hempstead campus of Hofstra University on Friday night.
Imagine if there was a whole street filled with classic gesture-controlled video games projected on every building… who said the arcade was dead?!
It was a classic Mulally gesture.
