The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-26
GYPSY DANCE.
Dramatic Powers OF the Romany
Dancing Gir's-A Phenome-
nal Performance.

A hsnd Disappears to make wav
for q Russian choir If 70 MN and WO
men, the WON n some i'm c umed
in old Russian guis- and now in mod
ern silk dresses. and seat Themselves.
while the men stand blind them.
Thu only instrument /: = piano
! With q L.ny. rem .rdOuS chord, the
tive choir raises \ ham o. some ,ld
Russian leaend. the deep bases "f
h., men balanced by the sweet %
prano VOICES IF the women comhin-
~" in grand h.rn"ny. As in
all Slav countries. me'anc ~ seem
the pre-pmlnent TOMS Of all the
aongs. which ote , end "abru . ". as
i the fe+linys of tn" sin es choked
their voices with ne pom are",ls
soh. But we 'pt them file GU wi h.
out rye: as thy make y for
sNhl ~ gyp-its. male and female.
he with on the downs If EPSON or
in the fair at Sew 10. The an
| cris,. black hair waves over er
dark almond eyes. long arched noses
! and thirk. sensuOus l,rs, IS marked
the bro" n features If the priests of
Isis On the tomb of the third Ramses
in Thebes : y years ago.
Some of the women are evidently
Russian. with more S av than Eur
game blood in their veins, while some
are dork a. Abisvnians, while all
indulge freely in chains and jewelry.
with punches and sprays of roses and
cameliaa. like their sisters in Spain.
behind the right a Two men lead
with euitar.. and the tamil" urine ia
often used. Some # their songs in
gypsy language r. cal and r ever
ideniica'ly. the Gitana Songs of Sc
vile and n ,anrah; some are in
Russian words, bu+ with a character |
quite their own. o ,e handsome w.
man. vito black wava heir D rted |
slightly IN ore side. flashing eyt
g'istt ming white tech. no longer
" ung. but attractive in her int n
sitv # sentiment and expression,
sings to her guitar in a tenor voice.
the lower notes were rer,ete with the
sadiest memories. Az she sghs ont
her love grief tn one whonever came,
'ho"gh she waited in the piti'ese
st. rm to m -et h m, she reminds me
'r-esistably Of Desnhie aud Pasca.
This Is no fetgnirg. this is no Maid
musiciar. Here il a ""ninus ! r Ak |
ing her he TT, and scbbi~g out her
swan-sone ohvi us Of the mute
c OVID ofmen, whose sc"f and satire, !
are silent in their ahs' rbed admira-
tion Of her adorable art. Flowers
are torn out If but'onheles, ben-h,ns
ara seized from the table and cast at
'er feet, while she stands up digni-
fled to acknowledge with q majestic
how the ovation pref1ered Our host
most judicicu<ly clashes on the
GRAINED rervea nv calling upon OLGA
for = dance. O'ga-whose eyes and
1.-The figure, dressed in a blue. cline
in silk and all she has of beauty.
for her moth is too large and her
nose il t"o lang -pretends 70 he shy.
Sc connot dance. However, nc re-
fu-al is excepted, and guitars and
voices tr ak out in a gvrsy break
down. OLGA. spreading out her arms
and fingers like a nau'ch girl. floats
Ou I'd the limi'ed srace assigned to
her with little sc~am. and her ewes
turned u in est:cv. and gradually
works hers II up. From her head
she is in motion. Her
comrades urge her on. her audience
applauds till, with a muscular f1ut-
ter viii b approaches tetanus, her
bust and arms, are quiv-
aring with snasmodic excitement.
Short. sharp cries in harmony with
he rapid music, issne from her lips;
her face lights un with ecstatic jov.
she bre" ks off. the music
and Olra rests herself as if
,he had done nothing more labor
"us than taken a cup Of tea. or asked
or t e glass If champagne which our
vat pours out for her. The Russian
gypsy d.nce has little IF the provc-
v"luptucus character of the
Granada Ole. hut tfere must be
me connection in the histnr Of
| 'ncirg between the dansp du VEN
re Of the Aimee and the f1uttering
rasms If the Moscow Tzigane. An
'ther girl dashed into the circle. and
'nnlate6 the first in breakdown
ters and rolling Of the eyes Int her
Of muscular qniverings was !
'othing like that displayed bv the
'hen omenal OLGA, who accordingly
the honors OF the EVENING"
Cor. Boston Herald.