The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1882-11-04
THE STYLE IN DANCING.
THE "zULMA oRIENTALE" AND "LARussE"
FOR THE COMING SEASON.
SLOWER TIME FOR ROUND DANCEs-THE
RACQUET BANISHED.

The season for outdoor amusements
for the year 1882 is virtually at an end
and the attention of pleasure seekers is
once more directed to those relaxations
which can be had in the presence OF a
goodly fire and within the precincts Of
the drawing-room. Dancing of course,
will be the leading amusement for young
people during the fall and winter. All
ready the established social clubs are re-
organizing for the season, and hops and
parties will begin early in November.
The leading dancing masters have all
returned from the East this week, where
they have spent the summer in search OF
novelties. and will generally open their
academies to-day. A reporter called up
on one of the professors u day or two
since to learn what there is new in the
way OF dances. The venerable master,
who had instructed two or three genera
tions OF st. Louisans, in their zone, two
three's,' had been in the city but few
hours. He spent the summer in Vir-
ginia, but visited also New York, Bos-
ton, Saratoga and Cape May. He said
there is very little that is new to teach
this year. The "Zulma Orientale," or
"Zulma" as it is generally called, is quite
popular in the East and will be intro
duced here, 1t is a waltz which some-
what resembles the schottische 1t can
be danced in small space, so that it is
suitable to the parlor, but it looks better
when danced around a hall. The music
is quite pretty. In the bon-ton circles
of New York and Boston minute steps
prevail quite generally in quadrilles.
There is also a minute waltz which is
growing popular in exclusive circles.
In this the gentleman's arm does not
encircle the lady's waist, and only hands
are joined. This variety of waltz has
been tried in st. Louis before, but has
never proved at all popular. Generally
all round dances are played slower than
has been the custom for the past few
years. Indeed, the days of furious and
mad, ungraceful waltzing is over, for
which all good walters will be truly
thankful. In the hopping, skipping, gal
loping waltzing which has prevailed in
St Louis for several seasons, the light
and easy waltzer really made but little
better show than the worst dancer on
the floor. The Professor declares that
the racquet" is now utterly barred in
all good Eastern society. Personally he
has always considered the dance ungrace-
tul and vulgar, and has never taught it.
A call was also made upon another
teacher of the Terpsichorean art, who
has just returned from Congress Hall,
Saratoga, where he has been master of
ceremonies for the past five years. He
said the Saratoga season had been very
lively one, but there was very little new
in the way of dances to report. The Sar-
atoga and Cape Lancers have been recon-
structed, as happens annually, and some
very pretty figures introduced. Both |
round and spare dances are done to |
slewer music than heretofore. In answer
to query as to what had been the tate
Of the racquet" he said that it was on
the Congress Hall programme Ior the
first three balls, but was then dropped at
the request of the proprietor, Mr.. Glenn
ents, backed by sundry guests. The
dance was going out of style entirely in
the East, he said. He would, however,
teach it this year, as heretofore, if any
body desired it, as he never made prac-
tlce OF debating to patrons. Personally |
he never liked the racquet"
The chief new dance which he will in
troduce this year will be ola Russe"
which is played in waltz time, only much
slower, resembles mazourka, with the
addition of new step every three or
tour bars. 1t is very graceful and has
never been danced here. Polka quadrilles
ire likely to remain popular in st. Louis