Show Clever Dance Now at Orpheum At a a. moment when the average woman artistic and otherwise Is almost under the complete domination of her male or female d dressmaker and ard subject Jo io their lightest tightest whims It Is Interesting to find finda a pioneer artist who can cnn laugh h at the tho cC- cC ex extortions delays caprices and rigid of oC the needle hounds Albertina tho the foremost exponent of or the ballet at the Orpheum this week has the tho following to say on this vital point Early In my career as a I professional proCessional dancer and as a a. producer of or the tho ballets which I helped to ori originate nate I found that when when- one asked a dressmaker or a costume designer to work for an artist the tho result was that the artist was generally working for the dressmaker and simply obeying orders I thereupon de decided decided decided de- de that I would In future make my myown myown myown own sta stage e costumes and those for my pupils who dance danco with me mo In the ballets I had acquired no little skill with the tho needle during my long European and andI American tours when real dressmakers were hard to get and rather than than- give I the tho entire proceeds of oC my tour to toa a city costumier on my return I 1 decided to toI tomake tomake make the costumes myself When they told me mo I would need a design I 1 showed I them the designs which by long experience ence I knew would be both satisfactory I and artistic I had made these thuG myself too Now I am able to design make and even dye the materials for tor the costumes my pupils and I wear In the ballets and ensembles and I 1 consider consider- myself free from the which so often otten makes the life of oC the dancer a burden burden- the professional costume maker |