| Show I ti t g r t ty S L y w ri i v b rf t y t td sra e i t L C. C 6 yr w 4 Jl rd y K i iy cc T y V l I y r c r 4 t y e r i t i r c i cr 1 t t 4 1 d IN THE DANCE Of THE NYMPHS J SCHOOL OF RHYTHMIC EX EXPRESSION AT SHARON SHAROW MASS D. D C. C Miss Bertna Miss Bit b Ryan 1 iy r Left to right Ryan a D p D. D C k c. Mist Miss Kath Kathryn Washington D. D C. C Miss Leonora Leonor da Rl th Grange Grano Wa Washington on D D. D C C. Miss Baker Washington 0 D. D C. C Mis MI Margaret Tuttle l' l In C New Hew Y York rk City City- CI tY Miss Eld ElHana na Fames Farnea Kansas Kansa Cily Mo Miss Beulah Hepburn Hew York TT C City 1 t yr Miss Hiss issn Mildred ed Anderson Anden He tow York City Miss MIs Winifred Winifre Anderson on Cleveland Otto Ohio and J i Miss Miss' York City J U Mabel r j r r i t rr y saw Im fm a little so so bl big biff n now and my stomach h I la is laso s t D t I a nc itC e r 5 r so lar large e I do not think not think a little thing I r 1 f a r t like that w would sold sto stop p my hu hunger ge I t t r rr w d' d S r By and nd b by h ho o came back to look at atIt C It In And Ad It had h had rown grown until t was tw twice agathe tho the 10 it had bad been boon Looking Looking- at atit k 4 it a moment Jim Jimmy my said J v Tell me little biscuit I how did you OU t R. R a r rF I e VJ-v VJ e I Iz r j I L i W Forgotten c z t r i L h 0 A. A r t tt g I r r t N the the greensward with the d dark rk O 0 ON pines an and light birches for tor a background at Sharon ron ass young oung women attired In the tho free freest t of ot draperies and with unbound feet Ceet trip merry measures or 01 take talc stately poses This Is Iii the Summer School of Rhythmic Expression which has lias attracted students students stu stu- dents from all aU over O the country countr Miss Florence Noyes the founder of oC the school chool stands for fo- freedom which makes for fOI grace Brace race and her pupils demonstrate the effectiveness u of or this theory this kind of or dancing b by Mss Miss loye Q and several Hc other young youn women t the suffrage demonstration at the lu al cal capital during the inaugural inauguration l f tion oil i exercises last March that made ruch uth a sensation The rho ballet which w n-a n o of ot the most popular features c r f rte great the reat at entertainment fh the tho Metropolitan opera house houseIn In an 0 York later In the Iho season wasill WAS ill aso O arranged and drilled b by Miss 1159 But dancing But dancing on polished floors J ly Ij one olle thing and d dancing on a R. Wn It en c a velvety one Is quite a different affair lr ro robe Tobo bo thoroughly successful In In the kind of 01 d dancing that tal takes 3 place In Sharon ono one must bo bon rapport with nature The joy JO joy of or life rind and a 8 joyous sympathy th with nature In t the tho o heart as S well as In tho the toes toe of or the tho maiden who would dance as S thc they did Inthe in tho the days of the childhood of tho the race These dancers at nt Sharon se seem m to have c caught something ot of that early spirit of or abandon and delight Stretching In a alino lino across tho the field they express a a continuity of or action with witha a e. pleasing variety of ot poses suggestive of or th the tha dances of or nymphs which artists h Lo so often Immortalized ed In lovely friezes Many of or the postures are arc strictly classic but what is 1 bo eo 0 chartin chart charm in about them is that they do not oom to ho mere artificial copies of or old- old time poses but are arc truo cX expression of ot tho the emotions of tho the dancer Miss Miss- is s' s Mildred Anderson of New York as Atalanta stooping to pick up the gulden golden apple appeals tl to the onlooker as being In quest of tho the fruit as trul truly AS was her prototype Her whole attitude attitude attitude atti atti- tude Is one of eagerness and she sho grasps grups I tho the fruit as if it were indeed the goal of ot her long IonS race Then there thero are arc the tho nymphs fleeing fleeing- from the tho satyrs One One can can almost see seo seethe raF the grim monsters in hot pursuit Tho Iho r. r nymphs evidently feol feel it There Thero is tho tiro w h 1 S Spartan orlon runner runner- tal too It would be safe sate to tola tolay t c r t y la lay a a. wager on Miss I Effie Baker who S takes lakes the part so well winning a 3 real l race Miss 1156 Beulah Deulah Hepburn aa as Diana S. S t 11 F. F mss reminds us that the maidens of or today 4 may ma- still rank with goddesses In fn grace race t i r rIn In dl dignity and In poetic beauty s Ph Rhythmic ex expression n Is a revival of or r a tJ tf a r rt an nn old art The dancing of Isadora Isadore 7 tw r r w x J 1 Duncan who broke broko through the tho conventions con con- r r In portraying the beauty of t the he classic times was followed by b r rother other dancers exponents of the tho same samo school and the public has been edu edu- educated t i k 4 t sated to an appreciation of the tho dance danco Inspired by the tho free grace of earlier t r days and has also been thrilled by the 5 r originality of many dancers who have 4 tr w. w made a plea for artistic expression r x qc t t 7 1 g of all kinds has Dancing enjoyed a t vogue in to the lust last year unparalleled In the tho history of the country Old and r r M ills Effie ad a. a 3 Spartan Runner r mm f r r a 1 w k So y t t If Jr h tic ki i 11 e I 2 r. r 1 f i r u r t 1 t ra 3 41 Q t rr t tr r a a. a rt t t r 0 t i. i rp J J f a rrT 4 rr ya Ity lar Mildred as i rh vt L C V jU darood J wod A k I rb t ra young oun have thrown themselves with unexampled fervor Into Into- this form of I recreation Tho The dance has had all Miss Bet Beulah Iah Hepburn as Diana r rill seasons all nil hours all places for tor its own It has thriven upon adverse criticism I Ilke Ike the outburst against the thc newer newer forms of dancing dancing- on the tho stage the tho opposition to the free and lively dancing off tho the stage ran Its course and now tho goo good effects of ot the dancing dancing- craze are arc beginning to be acknowledged The abuses are aro under the tho ban of good taste and as ns for tor the merits thero there Is a consensus that the craze for dancing has dono done many people peo peo- plo a world of or good It has hILS been of Inestimable Inestimable in inestimable In- In estimable value In keeping the tho human figure to Its best proportions and it has livened up the whole community Some of ot the popular dances however have been beon condemned for tor tho the lack of ot grace and a n. dance danco anco that is lacking in that quality Is all aU but indefensible This has given gl an incentive to other forms of ot dancing which have hav grace graco for tor their thell fundamental object These dances have found a n peculiar field in the pageants that have nave been hold held in all aU parts of the tho coun country during the tho last few fo- years rears More Moro than that tho the ballot ballet has been recognized as a means of endowing endowinG endowing en en- en- en dowing the dancer with a n grace crace not easy cosy to bo be acquired otherwise e. e Even tho tiro little children learning their first dancing stops have havo had special Instructions Instructions instructions b by pr proficient ballet masters Rhythmic expression is related to all aU these thins things but it has a wider purpose also alao It depends for its artistic success success success suc suc- cess and for its beneficial b results upon tho the ability to express 3 through the ac activities ac- ac tI of ot the body the Inward understandinG understanding understanding under under- standing and appreciation of ot real beau beau- t ty Most persons pOrtions do not ordinate co the things s of the tho spirit with their physical phy phy- movements Rhythmic teach teaches one how to do this The effect is both mental montal and nd physical so that ono one scarcely scarce ly knows whether soul helps body most or body soul Boul Tho The true disciple of rhythmic expression sion slon gets rid of that great obstacle to success self solf She Sho loses herself In her art While the tho discipline the education and the tho artistic development development development develop develop- ment are sufficient ends enda in themselves those who finish the course courso in rhythmic expression arc prepared to take tako part port partin in many forms form of or dramatic production and it Is expected expected that the class now now working out the problems problem of at rhythmic expression a at Sharon Mass Mas wll will participate participate par par- in tho the movement mo that Is now manifesting Itself in BO so many ways waya for tor making tho the stage e a a. more effective In Instrument In- In strument for Cor education and entertain entertaIn- entertainment entertaInment ment mont by giving artistic productions which shall at tho the same Jamo time have ha a n popular appeal Probably this is tho the only summer school in the tho country where an attempt In is being made to work out such luch an ideal Undeniably Undeniably it t Is la the tiro only one ono where t tho costumes worn by the tu- tu dents are arc fitted to tho the exigencies of the tho season c son It t would Vol s seem cm easy east to have I 7 i y 1 a h bob IOto Cor at t b D d A I tho the light ht heart and the tho zeal for loveliness loveliness' loveliness loveliness' love love- liness' liness that inspire these dancers could one ono bo be unencumbered by any any- but floatIng floating floating float float- ing draperies and with bare feet teet tread the tho soft turf in pleasant regions where tho tra fragrance rance of or the pines was always in the air and where the leaves of or tho the birches trembled In a a. freshenIng freshening freshen freshen- In ing Some of oC tho the students at atthe atthe atthe the Woodstock art colony colony are are hard put putto putto putto to it in their search for models for fOI their paintings paintings of nymphs Tho The Summer School of or Rhythmic Expression at Sharon Shalon would a t olden golden opportunity for Cor that sort of thing tiring The fhe setting setting set Jet ting tinS Is right and nymphs an and goddesses arc there |
