Show Woman of 70 0 Is Not 1 Joo 00 Old to Dance I Says 1 New Tew Terpsichore 1 in in a Kimono ir 11 Symbolizing Emo Emotions ions of Far East Et hour I 1 d MA 1 Li l- l 1 1111 I J uI H tl I 1 I Ii i II I I I By MARGUERITE MOOERS MAR MAR- SHALL Br By The Telegrams Telegram's Sl Special News New Service NEW YORK Dec 11 East H.-East East is East and West is West but Kipling but Kipling notwithstanding not not- withstanding withstanding next next week the two will meet For at the Comedy theatre New NewYork NewYork NewYork York will meet Itow in the first Japanese character dances ever given In this city Hawaiian dancers Russian dancers Salome dancers Apache dancers classic dancers have thrilled or chilled us Now for the first time we shall see a new Terpsichore Terpsichore Terp Terp- with eyebrows slanted Terp-I Terp and wearing a kimono For the edification of the I Imay Imay I may say that the have shown great interest in the Michio Itow of Nippon In London he has danced danced at the home of the of Lady Paget of or Lady Cunard of Lady Isling Isling- Islington ton toni In this city he has appeared Inin in in the Jle drawing room of Mrs Benjamin Benjamin Benja Benja- i min Guinness and other society women women wom wom- wom-I wom en have been charmed charmed by his beautiful beautiful beau beau- i and exotic performances I An Artist in a Perfect Studio Sitting in a chair covered with a a. marvelous gold colored kimono decorated decorated decorated deco deco- rated with scarlet birds I talked with Michio Itow about the dancing of the East and West He is a slender young man with a a. lon long rather feline face His mouth is full and fully indented indented indented in in- dented his burnished black hair reaches in an uncut line from his forehead forehead forehead fore fore- head to his neck His long narrow brown eyes are racially brilliant and Inexpressive but he knows how to tomake tomake tomake make his face a portrait gallery of emotion Also what Also what is infinitely rarer even amo among g dancers his dancers his sup sup- supple supple plo body a passion with witha a a. minimum of violent movement And he inhabits the most truly artistic studio I ever entered It contains a desk a piano two chair and a vase of ot yellow chrysanthemums In the beginning in my country he explained dancing w was s used to illustrate poems The poem was read or chanted while the dance was being performed But Dut I believe that dancing should express feeling tell stories directly I do not think that tha- poems are necessary to it Suppose that a little boy wants a donkey Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps he asks for it by using the word Yet if he can look like a donkey he does not need the word does he lie But I am sure I told Michio Itow How that you never look like a donke donkey The question is what do look like when you dance Please tell me about your dances His Sho-Jyo Sho Sure to Be Popular One Is called Sho Sho-Jyo Sho Jyo he lie dated In English I have described It as The Spirit of Wine Wine Wine-A A Symbol of Happiness I was relieved New York I felt sure would understand this especially especially especially espe espe- so soon after election night In this dance ance Michio l Itow How continued continued continued con con- gravely I am a young boy with hair red as wine as blood as joy I come to meet my companions a held high in my hand I I quaff It dancing joyously The dance prows grows rows more and more delirious Finally the dancer keyed to the highest highest high high- est pitch of exultation falls dead I All great emotions end In s supine supine- pine ness nothingness When one loves lovesa a little on one dances a little When one loves a great reat deal one dances beau beau- But supreme passion finds its only expression In silence And what is tru true of or love is true of Joy sorrow hate Jealousy every emotion In hi another dance I tell the the of ot the female demon I listened harder than ever ever to Michio Mi Mi- Michio chio chlo I How's Hows rather blurry English Haven't Haven t you always longed to know even at second hand a female demon Dumas' Dumas Miladi Is the reason most most people le read The Three Musketeers Musketeers' she Is such a thoroughly unregenerate unregenerate unregenerate erate m demon iT However Michio 1 Itow's Hows Is oven even more thrilling The lived ln in a cave cave he heln- heln informed informed in in- formed me Every night she she visited a village e and kno knocked ed at a certain door i i When it k opened P she rushed in c seized i the newborn child chUd in the house and carried It off for her supper One night ii she could find no newborn newbon child In J all the vl village age Hungry and n ned fled she Bhe tried to ny fly I back ck to her But she met et the North Wind and ho he buffeted until In h 1101 r weakened condition he blew her quite away and she never returned to the vil- vil ht laRa lapp again cave Jave us The Tho A Afternoon of or ofa ora a Faun Michio 1 Itow will Ill show allow us usI the afternoon of a 1 a fox fox a real one not I the trotting varlet variety In In my fox dance he said sard J 1 1 a fox who comes out out of his hole bole wilt when l f I t rN I The roc D J lap lap- 1 J the sun is shining brilliantly He so rejoices in it that he be dances till he drops dead I had always supposed that foxes had a pr predilection for dark dar nights rather than sunlight but there ther was question more interesting than a zoological zoological zoo zoo- logical one Too Much Love Theme In Iii your whole program I said there seems to be no dance of love love love- sex love Why is that In the West Vest you have made sex the basis of or your dancing he replied Your dances are all more or less I conventionalized forms of the lovemaking love love- making between man and woman To ToI I use the dance for that and that only is to narrow its possibilities and Its beauties In Japan many other emotions emotions emotions emo emo- besides romantic love are exp ex ex- presed in the dance All feeling is p ed love Another difference between the dancing ing of East and West Vest is that you I use your your feet and we our bodies I think that must be because b you have large rooms in which to dance while ours are small What do you think of or our social dancing as an art I asked I cannot consider it in that light Mr Itow tow replied with candor But it is interesting and shows some Imagination Imag imag- if if only the thought of a well cooked dinner Jinner a good glass of or wine I a pretty face Dancing he concluded is the art artof artof artof of expression open to every man woman and aud child It is the natural outlet of happiness That modern men and women must be taught to since Is a commentary on the unhappiness of our age Even a woman of 70 is not too old to dance And now Ive I've nearly forgotten to tell you vou what New Yorks York's newest dancer wears Item a kimono item trousers extending well over his bare fe feet t item a mask It Is too easy to dance a story he assured me negligently negligently negligently neg neg- If one may Else ise tse ones one's face I to e express press feeling |