Show I EY I IV V A L INTEREST f IN DANCING I I lid 11 Id Classic Dances Draw a flost of Devotees From Society LET N NO LONGER IN POPULAR FAVOR kt Feeling by c Motions Motions' of Body and Facial Fadal Expression JY HT y FREDERIO J J. J HA HASKIN SKIN al of interest in in social A i great revival professional been noI no no- o d I lately atey both bot in Europe and nd A Amor- Amor er Many old od dances s arc b being ron revived d many ne ones originated rho il feature in this new danco in in- felt Leit lit is the growing row nJ popularity of the id classic lusie dances dance It was wan stated re- re itly tb that t within the tho Dext next two eie f e will be a as 35 wide an aD acquaintance tl th the classic dances and their si sig- sig i Ic unco as with classic literature and tj ill D no doubt bo in greter eter popular Ivor Toy vor Tho symbolic dances of ancient reece eee and Rome Home tho the medieval folk inces and the n modern artistic dances i vo their devotees the be ordinary ballet o of a generation is s 8 no lon longer er In favor or avor The he public nt d i something more than hi high b kick kick- and nd id the wirlin of short skirts modern danco danca artist aims at ar- ar ie interpretation of feeling and of dress is ia one of the tho kores key koy- es esto to this Isadora Duncan is s largo large arge- arge for the increased in inter- inter in hi classi dancing When she camo caine ja the tho stage tae barefooted wearing arin the tho p e garb arb of a 11 Grecian maid mald the au au- nce ece r received a a new sensation but bute e grace with which she took the theof of the old Greek statues and the ti nODS ns they represented Yan vanquished iel The Tho barefoot dance dances l i. i wn n artistically is is still popular popular i American nn audiences audiences' tl cial r Favor vor r I ther ber is always a a. certain at- at pJ bo t bright hued swirling I i v Io accompanied nl d by bv catchy mull muS mu mu- S ll manipulated ted electric lights adjuncts it-is it it is rather a trashy trash U C and aud eS' eS tb this i software it are relegated atOd to the vaudeville stage e ere the classic danco is b being 1 11 11 received The art of Interpreting g ling cling as did diJ tho the ancients by C motions of ot the body is is coming favor a as an accomplishment for fot women Not infrequently oa rr a bud or matron will come before audience of her ber friends and render graceful r dan dance dance- e with the same saIne case easo cased nd d skill kill with which she might give a aul ul selection In the best dancing dancin classic dancing is taught taugh th to individuals and aud to to groups and I ith th the revival of the old dances me many modern embellishments Dancing is isono one of the thc oldest forms of in in existence although the dance was waa hardly a a. social die di- ion It was often a reli religious ious r rite te formed ormed with the greatest reverence Id danced before the Lor Lord for foris elS eis is after be he had bad overcome o his lies iee So 80 far as is is known no re- re of ot Davids David's dance ever has bas given hen but later dances of tri tri- ph joy oy and anI victory ha have V been wu for many any classes of dancers tare dances representing spring spring- I 5 the tho harvest al and aud d other r subjects acted with primitive life are arc also iff If taught tau bt action cUon With Art Lost the present revival re of the for for- pr of dancing tho the portrayal or religious feeling by mo ino- the body modern dancin dancing had hadt t tia taIl all connection with the former ob ob- t of the art Even Eyen the professional icer sought to dazzle and enrapture 1 audiences rather than to fo awaken in m feelings of dramatic interest le C 1 Fuller Puller who has been awarded a IQ place among amon American danco dance arti ar- ar ti j 1 did much lo to o elevate ate tho the stand stand- of oZ o professional dancing Y Tot Yot ot her W wag I amusing rat rather er than inspiring woman said sald of her ber recently pie le Ie Fuller Fuler was wa entertaining but aI sI jI think of Jl her dancing years a ago o compare it with that of our our new new- dincer I am ani compelled to admit t she Ibe ne made her strongest est impression anjo mo from the fact that she edit ed edthe the tho a accordion plaited II skirt kilt Her fj such much it was left no lasting inba im- im I ba aD upon me Cat u Ii social ci dance is ii decidedly a mod mod- on heD compared with professional danco The different dances of ot the earliest forms e by the tho court dancing dancin lr who studied and created thorn them amen the same sarno manner man er that an all ar are t. t creates es a picture Sonic Somo of them theta F quickly ey A forgotten but others l a r down from generation to gen gen- tin n The stately minuet will never j entirely out of fashion although it ep eeD seldom seen during tb the tho last Continued on oti page 4 REVIVAL OF INTEREST IN DANCING Continued from pa fe f 1 few fut ear years It has lately haJ a rp revival al alof of i interest and some ome of the tho bones belies and beaux of the present danced out theold the old year jear with as stately a tread aa as their heir colonial ancestors The isby is isby isy by y popular tradition n the thc only dance danto permitted to the mistress of oX the th white louse house There may mar bo ho waltzes and Rud two steps for for- forthe the tho entertainment of or her ber guests but the first lady in the lane lana abstains fr front from m them History of ot Minuet The minuet is of French origin It was originally a rural dance and and- came cameo cameto to o Paris about 1 1650 GiO It flourished d dUr- dUr r. r jn ing tho the reign of oC Louis XIV but hut was I most pop popular under Louis ZV XV V- V The Tho quadrille i is also of Trench French origin oricin was introduced in London in lii 1815 At tt first firt thi resembled th tho minuet art and I had hat stately steps liter which have PO so do do- reiterated that at to most moot people it it is little more mom than walking through athan n a nIlan than Ilan dance cc c. c v The Tho waltz t is oC of German origin The Tho popularity of the tho waltz in America was first due no to tho fact that about the middle of the nineteenth century fa fashionable y young men from New cn NewYork York rind and tho the southern states were to Yen a to complete their edu cation Many of ot t enlisted for Ol a term in iu the Austrian cavalry to learn leant earn to fence fenee to ride and md to dance The flu Austrian AUf officers were con considered the best in the tho world and uHl the American cm men learned from them The rho Boston da lance dance nee which appeared rell about the tho time tune of the civil war var was wa wasti ti a form of waltz walt rC resulting resulting- from hom the thin do tie m mauds nl of the German waltz anti and th the tho refu refusal 1 of the Now ow J ri lant conscience to relax The two t step ter ha hac i supplanted th the tho waltz in iu popularity in many ninny place place- I It was vis largely Jarel popularized po by Sousa whose whoso two to step compositions composition arc are a as aM much munch in favor or as is tho tIm Strauss s waltzes Both tho two stop find and the tho waltz re re- juho a tr greater amount of dancing ancin ski skill skill th than n some sonic of tho other pop popular lar dances and for this r reason ason ar are arc not likely to go cj entirely out of favor fa Both are largo large o l. l Iv y lcJ dependent upon their musical ac ac- ac for tho their r success s. s Annual Novelties in Dance Danco Each Hach year car brings out some new now dance Janco figure which is as a novelty popular with a 3 class of people even though hough strongly cr criticised by the con er c The The raquet wag wea a va va- va of or ho which had bat n a fleet fleet- ncr favor faor with tho the las last a t l generation Its barn t f successor is the dan lance o which vh ch was introduced two tt or three ago ngo and anul i is still popular i in isome some some localities The The barn 4 dance anco h is centrally accompanied Ic cl b bv by pome form of ragtime music and autI l it- it it itis is is nolo not nol notto notto to o bo be tolerated for formal occasions it vet et has certain n attractions foi lot antly young peo people The TLe cakewalk II which was so o much mitch talked el of before booro the tho advent advent ad ad- is almost vent ont of tl tile the e bunt barn dance auco buried in oblivion It is said ni to to be bc thereal tho the real African dance although mall many maity contend con tend that it was aM never Cr a dance tance but only onh a a walk with i more or less emphasized sized eccentricities It is supposed uPP lcd to have havo originated in pla plantation days S 'S a when tho best walker was awarded the he prize of oC the thc evening a hu huge hude c cake cako Lately several r I now dances Jances with v ith th more or less les alluring names have IHL been nt at social gatherings gathering t One Orte of them hem ls the tho turkey trot which hasmet hasmet has met with so much antagonism amular w to o the tho turkey trot in ill its v ty y ar are tho the gri ly lr bear Texas Texas Tommy and C Come Came me back hack kid each of which is being danced dancel by g gay young joung bi in 1 of tho time larger larget CI cities tlc There has been a a. gr great r at lt change chauga of feeling among many people who formerly for or merly denounced the tho social dance There are aro fow few churches in cities at an any rate which absolutely prohibit it al although a a generation aco aeo it was ws not riot unusual for fora a I. I member to bo ho dismissed front from church membership for indulging indulging- in a U single lc dance Many Mans churches now are arc i nizine the dinco lanco a ag a valuable to then their work with young oung Oun people Vane Dane ing int teachers paid by the tho church some sonie times train tran classes in the parish H house 01 odal hall haJJ of Qi denouncing a a. healthful exercise ise many ministers arc now turning their attention on to the tho consideration con comi- t ion of means by which it may bo be I made n e helpful to the church Encourage Dancin Dancing Tho spirit of tolerance prevails pre amon among l social workers Instead of lcj do youn young oung working girls drs for or gong go JQ int iDt ng to dances dance's anc philanthropic women arc tr trying nL to cj c CUC i-C i thorn thom the pica pleasure sine ot of dancing while protecting th them from front harmful results A committee committed has been formed in N NewS vJ w York City for tho time pur per of j ing the dance clance halls haJJ and mt dancing academies academics b by young t girls It has bas beep been found that the dance lance hulls arc ate n usually adjuncts to sa- sa oon and the limo girls who bo go o there to dance lance arc are urged to drink r by y the tho men fhe they hey meet med The Tho dancing academics give e classes three or four nights a aw w week ck to w which tuition fees feet pre lite asked On other cn c evenings and Sunday after after- loon all of l the pupils arc aft permitted to o attend public dances which arc open to to o others for an nn a admission mission of from 5 to o 25 5 cents The rhe committee is pre parin a bill to present to the thc state legislature requiring a 50 O license for keeping a dance danco hall ball and the licenses license is s to be held re responsible for the tho good oo l conduct t. t of tho the place It is proposed propose to tart start model lancing aca academies cm es in lo lo- where they arc most weeded ced 4 a as ad soon oon U as sufficient funds can be bo so- so aired lor for the purpose Ono One th lI thousand and will start tart an iu institution o of this thi kind which cau van be made almost self supporting ROSE POSE Cm rt |