The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-10-29
The Latest Dances.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
"What do you call it?" we asked,
trying to make a diagram OF the sinu-
Gus movements.
"That," said the professor proudly,
.stis the new Highland schottische,
which is to be the society dance of the
season this year. It is importedf from
England and Scotland, and will be in.
PRODUCED in frst-class academies as
soon as the dancing classes open.
Technically it is a combination of the
Highland fling and the gallop, and it
has raised a Juror among the Scotch
lads and lassies, and has also found
exceptional favor among the fashion
ables of London and Liverpool. It's
a thing that no description can do
Justice to-. 1t must be seen to be fully
comprehended."
The fifteen other professors unani-
mously resolved to teachthe Highland
Schottische when they went back to
their classes in Cleveland, Boston,
Philadelphia, ST. Louis, Terre Haute,
Chicago, Binghampton, Poughkeep-
sic, Providence, Norwich, Springfield,
Lowell, Bangor, San Francisco and
Louisville.
"It is something" Prof. Ashley, OF
Chicago, said, that will fill the Chi
cage girls with delight. Their apti-
tudefor dancing will enable them to
master it with ease and dance with
dazzling brilliancy of STYLE"
When Prof, Brooks sat down in a
crimson cushioned seat, Prof. Urls, OF
Brooklyn, got up and showed how the
"Lawn Tennis"ought to be managed.
The Lawn Tennis is a fairy thing from
Newport that is regarded as a gem OF
graceful conception in the way of
square dances. 1t is described as a
combination of the quadrille and
lancers, and dancing masters predict
popularity for it.
Prof. Sphinx, of Providence, propell-
ed his patent leather ties through a
new and impressive waltz divertise-
ment as he lightly whirled four pro-
fessors who were the improvised la
dies in a quadrille set.
"This new glide waltz interlude,"
he said, as he whirled the last profess
sor in the set, sis the distinguishing
feature OF the new waltz quadrille,
called the Glide Polacca."
After this the professors, one after
another, mimicked the various wild ex-
aggerations of the waltz and polka
that they proposed to eliminate from
the art. Among the offensive attitudes
that are to be banished from all we'll
regulated bathrooms are the holding Of
the arms akimbo, the dip motion in
the side-step waltz, andthe carriage OF
the body bolt upright, as 1.-THE dancers
were a lot of figures being twirled
around on an old-fashioned hand
organ.
At length the professors all sat down
together and talked over what they
would do next season to lend variety
and interest to the art for the especial
benefit of the children. 1t was agreed
to revive the ''Varsovienne' round
dance, and teach the little ones the
"Skating Waltz" and the Danish polka
also. Prof. Brooks arose, and tripping
through a waltz step, stopped and
rested an instant with one toe thrust
forward gracefully. Then he introduc-
ed the regular mazourka step. The eff
feet was very pleasing. 1t was the move
ment of the "Varsovienne," and the
professor took another twirl on the
polished floor and changed it to the
"Skating Waltz" Four gliding steps
are introduced in this before the regu-
lar waltz step is executed, and the
variation produces a stately minuet
motion that enhances the picturesque
effect of the dance for the spectator,
and renders it less firing for the dane
er than the regular waltz. The for
ward glide is executed as though the
dancer was shod with skates, andthis
movement is found to greatly delight
the little lads and lasses when they
dance. The polka stepthis year will be
a redowa glide movement that does
away with the hopping motion of the
old-fashioned polka. 1t will be danced
by children.
Adult dancers nowadays prefer the
waltz. Prof. Brooks was the first
man in America who ever danced the
polka. That was in 1910, when he
danced with a Miss Anna Cannon, of
the National theater. The dance had
been invented ten years before by a
Bohemian peasant girl named Anna
Steak, and it set the dancers of Eu-
rope wild for a long time, till the Pa
risians afforded them a new thing In
the waltz.
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