Gesticulate \Ges*tic"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gesticulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gesticulating}.] [L. gesticulatus, p. p. of gesticulari to gesticulate, fr. gesticulus a mimic gesture, gesticulation, dim. of gestus gesture, fr. gerere, gestum, to bear, carry, peform. See {Gestic}.] To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures. --Sir T. Herbert.
Gesticulate \Ges*tic"u*late\, v. t. To represent by gesture; to act. [R.] --B. Jonson.
(How should a dissenter retort: gesticulate, make faces, do a tap-dance?) For a minute or two we could imagine ourselves to be re-living some famously contentious Diaghilev premiere like Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps.