| Show Treats Many Tastes By JOAN The ballet theater the classic elegance of dance with the presentation of its eleventh annual Spring To satisfy the diversified tastes of the theater-going public the program merged the graceful beauty of with the light comedy of FOR the purpose of dramatic choreographer Willam F. Christensen took the liberty to add the finale music of Act IV to the second act giving it a unity which it usually Dancing the roll of Queen of the Pat Knight moved with cat-like precision to Tchaikovsky's classic Fred playing opposite Miss Knight as Prince Siegfried interpreted his roll with both deftness and The of adopted from the Faust legend by Christensen was created as a dance fantasy depicting the struggle of a man with the good and evil in his own The performance of Wayne Brennan as Lucifer displayed a lightness of movement extremely pleasing to the Janice James' portrayal of the deceptive sorceress was an excellent representation of flowing movement and artistry in ONE OF THE MOST challenging roles in the field of dance is that of the Bird Pas De from the final act of the famous Both Shirley White and Rowland Butler enhanced the grace of the selection not only with their obvious skill as but also with the surety in which they performed the The dance flowed at an even keel with no hesitancy as to the execution of steps or the interpretation of The ballet culminated in the presentation of Fille a humorous pantomime telling the story of a vagabond prince and a country Dancing the part of the young Gordon charmed the audience with his comic attempts to avoid capture by the Phil playing a pompous old led a company of French gendarmes with a wobbly walk which provoked the audience's laughter each time he promenaded across the Shirley White portrayed a most fetching La Fille Naive and was quite successful in winning the heart of the young run-a-way Credit for the success of this year's ballet should be given to Willam F. ballet Harold musical and Angelo guest set |
