Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-05-19
TERpsICHOREAN.
A Charming ENTERTAINMENT Next
Friday Evening.


bition of fancy dancing, operate and
classical, at the Memphis Theater and
also at matinee on Saturday. PROBES
sor Mueller has issued circular through
out the city, which circular contains q
description Of the entertainment as fol-
lows: m
The curtain will rise at seven and a
half o'clock, precisely, on one OF the
most enchanting scenes ever witnessed
in Memphis, not excepting the grand
pageant of the Mystic Memphi, Feb.
III 1874. A magnificent Fairy Island,
with a group of beautiful little fairies,
nymphs and cupids, attired in the most
exquisite apparels of silver, with wings
of silver, all dazzling like the sun itself,
and with wings spread as if ready to hy
away into their celestial home, while at
the end of the Grotto, upon high rocks,
are seen two magnificent Fairy Queens,
attired in the most costly apparel OF
gold, wings of gold-their golden crowns
glittering with diamonds and precious
stones-and with their golden wands
direct their lovely, celestial little fairies,
nymphs and cupids through the most
bewitching Grecian attitudes, flying
steps, beautiful Grand Pas de Deux,
and the most difficult steps and solos
from the Royal Academy of Paris, when
the beautiful Queens, one by one, de-
scend into the fairy circle and dance
the Grand Shadow Dance of Fannie
Ellsler, and the Grand Pas Souls in La
Bayadare, consisting Of three grand
parts with twelve magnificent figures,
and with the most scientific steps,
from the Royal Academy of Paris-the
famous Shadow Dance of Fannie Els
Ter being one of the finest conceptions
of art by that great artist, it would be
impossible to give proper description
of it. II must be seen to be realized.
The magnificent dresses, beautiful
tableaux, graceful attitudes and the
Grand Pas Souls, Pas de Deux, Pas de
Quartre and Pas de Tout are so perfectly
beautiful that no pen could describe, nor
imagination picture them; they must be
seen to be realized and appreciated, for
the effect is really bewildering and be-
witching.
This grand conception ofterpsichorean
art will be succeeded by the most cele-
brated Grand operate Fancy Dance
and the latest beautiful parlor dances of
the age.
No. 2. The celebrated American
Sailors Hornpipe by Espinosa, in twelve
beautiful and comic parts, to be danced
by ten little sailors in full sailor cos
tunes.
No. 8. The Grand Cachucha Of Fan
ME Ellsler, with the entire twelve mag
ni6cent parts, to be danced as a Grand
Pas Seul in full Cachucha dress, and
also by groups of two, three and four
during the evening.
No. 4. The magnificent Cracovienne,
of Madame Celeste, as danced in Po-
land, with twelve grand and difficult
parts; perfectly splendid.
No. 8. The graceful and beautiful
Spanish Bolero, grand Pas de Deux or
Duet, danced with tambourines, by two
pretty little fairies in full Bolero cos
tunes - exceedingly dashing and at
tractive.
No. 6. The dashing and brilliant
Grand Pas Styrienne, by Mons. Hillariott
and sister, most beautiful Pas de Deux
or Duett, for two dashing little misses
and masters, in full costumes.
No. I. The beautiful Spanish Zinga-
rella, very pretty Pas de Deux or
Duet, for two pretty little misses.
No. s. The Grand Bohemian Opera
Polka Comique, as danced by the forty
Vienna Children, during their visit in
the United States; most dashing COM
position of twelve beautiful parts, to be
danced by sixteen pretty little misses
and masters, in full costumes-some OF
them only four, FIVE and six years old.
No. Q. The Grand Scotch Highland
Fling, Mcdonald, with twelve beautiful
parts, as danced in Scotland and is the
only original Highland Fling.
No. 10. A grand Highland Silt, for
eight, as danced by the peasants Of
Scotland, up in the Highlands, perfectly
splendid.
No. IL. The grand Court Quadrille, of
Berlin, by Taglioni, dedicated to the
Crown Prince of Prussia which is en-
tirely new, very beautiful, and is danced
in the style of the Mennette la Cour.
No. IL. The magnificent Imperial
Waltz Quadrille, Eugene OF France,
entirely new, very brilliant and graceful.
No. ID. The beautiful Spanish Waltz
Quadrille, Isabel Of Madrid, very grace
full, entirely new and very fashionable.
No. Ia. The beautiful Partisan Vari-
eties-very dashing, splendid and grace
full, and very fashionable a over Europe
and America
N. B.-The Waltz Qnadrille by the
eight wonderful Fishes-four immense
Cat and four White Fish--will be very
amusing and extraordlnaire; they are
very intelligent Fishes-dance on land
or water-and came down the Missis-
sippi by the late big rise, from the open
Polar sea, lately discovered by the
American North Pole expedition.
A great many of those grand and
beautiful fancy dances will be danced by
little Misses and Masters from four to
six years Of age oHly.
The Professor has placed the price of
admission at one dollar; reserved seats
fifty cents extra; children, fifty cents.
Seats can be secured at Hollenberg' $
music store for both Friday night and
Saturday matinee.
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