New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-01
aruslcal ana TheoIrieal.

In communication on the subject of Bur-
lesques and Break.downs,n addressed to foreign
| musical paper, occurs the following, which may
prove of some interest to our ig-dancers at home:
| fear must be little technical in explaining
that the consequences of practice of stamping
every night throughout q heightened burlesque
run are the following:
/. The weakening of the ligdnleRtttre pGtellU, or
| ligament of the knee-Gap.
2. The enlargement of the 6urSa, or cavity over
the puteHd, producing something similar to what
is known as the =" housemaid,s knee.n
| s. The unnatural relaxation of all the muscles
in connection with the mechanism of the knee
| joint.
The ultimate result, if the periIous course is
| persisted in, will be permanent lameness more or
less serious in degree. was present at popular
| buresQue, q few evenings ago, and was panied
to note the appearance of a young lady who has
acquired some celebrity as breakdown dancer.
When she stood still. she recalled to mind in her
appearance from the knee downwards, those
horses which stand over,'' as the phrase goes.
| have no doubt that she has brought this NAL.
formation on herself by violent dancing, and that
the mischief will increase and become permanent
| if ahe persists in the practice.
1t is said of Mr.. Alfred MELONS London con-
certs that they have lately added one to their
list of favorites, in the person of Master Emile
Sauret, the boy violinist who played at two or
three benefit concerts last season. He shows
more than ordinary talent in the command of his
instrument; his execution is indeed mastery. He
played fantasia on " La Figlia,1 to his brother
Auguste's pianoforte accompaniment; and the
Iyeonclusion Of the performance was hailed with
burst of applause, such as is seldom heard, even
at Melons audience and orchestra joining in the
uproar which at once stamped the popularity of
wonderful young artist.
The London Orchestra says, in regard to Car
lotta PATHS reading of "Comin' through the
Rye" "All that lyric etflorescence, that vocal
embroidery, that running up and down stairs, that
brilliant, dazzling acrobatsm, is very wonderful;
but it is not COMM through the Rye and is as
much out of place in the little piece of simplicity
as Ossa aud Pelion would be if piled up III our
front gardens. 1t is because we like Mile Car
lott4 SO well that we are sorry when she INDUCES
in freaks which must send every real lover of ma
tional milstrelsy home in despair
The same organ remarks, concerning Mr.. Rob
ertson's comedy of Ours produced lately at
Mr.. Henderson's Liverpool theater that it is so
fautless that critic, like Othello, finds his occu-
patton gone The piece, which, according to mod.
usage, is divided into three acts represents the
family dissensions of Colonel Sir Alexander Shen-
dryn Immediately prior to and during the Crimean
war
It had been intended that the ballad concert at
Crystal Palace, on Monday afternoon, August
9th, should be the last this season. but it having
been attended by upwards Of 1900 persons, one
Or more will be given in the week following the
Worcester festival, about the Goth Of September
Upwards Of 100000 visitors have attended the se-
ries given this autumn at the Crystal Palace.
There is project to build in Paris large salle |
which shall contain accommodation for giving
ball, caf6-concert, theatrical performance,
dancing and acrobatism, all at once. It will be
built by company raising money on shares, and
occupy position in the boulevard du Prince Eu-
gene. Articles of refreshments will be obtainable
within the walls at a reasonable rate.
novel system Of scenic arrangements, which |
is an important alteration on the old features, is
being tried at the new opera house in Paris By
this system those scenes known as 'aets'' are dis
pensed with, and the i"fatsn are replaced by
movable panorama which can be drawn back
wards and forwards at will, moving in a groove
on its own axis outwards. II is very easy to man
age, being worked from above and below it also
closes like fan, so as to be removed to give
place to the curtains, borders, etc. or to be
drawn up to the " flies . if need be- The whole
is lighted with a Single jet. The light sifted
through series Of transpareneies, falls on the
stage ''as the sunlight falls on the earth.' The
flooring of the stage is movable. The move
ments Of the sun are initiated all points of the
stage"
A brilliantly successful concert has been given
at the disbursement, Bouogne, by the Phhar-
monic Society, at which Carlotta Patti, Siyori,
George Osborne and other eminent artists assisted
Patu was most applauded in Ascher's 'tDanza
d'Amorei and the "Ecat de Rre, !" from "Manon
Lescaut" Osborne was applauded to the echo in
his own .NoctlrRe and TdTanteUe and in Mem