Show I Art Artas I. I f Revived as Part Of in Church Dance Is Exemplified by Six Young Women in Greek Costume in Defiance Defiance De De- De'- De' fiance of of Interdiction of Bishop Bishop NEW YORK March March Euryth Euryth Euryth nile mic dancing was given yesterday at atthe atthe the tho Church of ot St. St the Marks in defiance of ot Its interdiction interdiction interdiction tion by Bishop William T. T Manning T. of the Episcopal diocese of New York The Tho ritual dance of ot the Della Delia Robbia annunciation designed for forthe forthe forthe the observance of the feast of ot the annunciation of ot tho Virgin Mary was given by six young oung women attired in Greek costumes at both afternoon and evening services Preceding the dance Rev Re- Dr William Wil Wll- liam Ham Normon Guthrie defended eu- eu dancing and explained the symbolism of ot those on the program During tho the dance which was in four parts and to the accompaniment ment of music by harp and organ from Wolf Ferraris Vita NuOva the congregation remained hushed anc an and attentive and some remained afterward for the hymn that closed lithe the service In the afternoon one man left Jert when the dancing began muttering scandalous Admission was by card and police kept out crowds which gathered early and waited long after the services services services ser ser- ser ser- vices began The rector defended the dance as asa asa a of ot expression which was used before language was known but which with the possible exception exception tion of ot childish folk dances and the ballet he said had become hopelessly hopelessly hopelessly hope hope- lessly degraded After years of ot Saxon Anglo-Saxon re repression re- re Rev Dr Guthrie asserted it was difficult for the average person jerson person per per- per jer- son to use the dance as a mode of ot expression sion The difficulty we moderns have is to take the dance seriously he said I have started an innovation which has in it re restraint restraint re- re and reverence but to innovate innovate innovate inno inno- vate it I 1 have to be audacious V The Rev Dr Guthrie pleaded f for fora r ra a religious service not only of the head but of the body There are those he said who would have us try to pretend that we have no body The dance is the I mother of ot all the arts and there the the bod body is essential We Ve Se civilized people people peo peo- pIe are not people at dt all when we deny the V body If It Wa deny it we weare weare weare are spooks shadows |