The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-10-26
ON WINGED FEET
How Society Will Do the
Light Fantastic Act
This Season.
THE STATELY MINUET.
Dancing and Dancing Classes The
Cinderella Notes on the Social
Doings Of the Week.

Dances will, of course, be quite as popu-
lar this season as in previous years, aud
to make them particularly attractive.
those who intend to give dance are
eagerly inquiring what win be the new
features in this amusement Cinderella
dances always SO delightfully."- informal
are grs wing in popularity, and it is nice
to vary the programme of the dancing as
much as fashion will allow. I was en-
deavoring to ascertain few days ago
just what will be the popular dances
this season, and arrived at q
very unsatisfactory result Either all
dances will be popular or none
will be more SO than another In
an interview with Dancing Master Ro-
bus, who has his academy on the Heights.
learned that beyond all dispute the
waltz would still retain the popularity it
has enjoyed so long. No change has
been made in it since last season, and at
the Dancing Teachers Association 1t was
decided not to make any change in this
graceful dance.
AS TO new dances. so many have been
placed before the association for recogni-
ton that it would not be possible to pro-
duce them all. A new dance, like ell new
things, Is hard thing to make popular.
II it happens to take with the people it is
all right. but the chances are that nine
times out OF ten the old dances will be
given the preference.
NEW DANCES.
The York, which Is comparatively a
new dance, Will be much danced this sea-
son, and being very pretty and not very
difncult, it has become almost a rival to
the waltz Another pretty dance and
one quite new is the Caprice, which is
danced IN Scholastic time and has in it
the Redowa and Gaiop movement.
The old Galop, SO long excluded from
the popular dances, will be revived this
season and probably will be much in
vogue. It Is rather pretty dance and
has been somewhat modified from the
old style of dancing. The Berlin, a very
pretty Polka and the Emeralda are
also being generally taght by dancing
teachers. The old VesuvieHa, for many
years cast into oblivion by all dancers, has
been resurrected and is again being unl-
Versally enjoyed. The Gavotte and La
Marine. both variations of the waltz and
Polka,t the military aud the minuet Waltz
have also been given place IN the dances
of this season. In the way Of square
dances there is no change and it is really
next to impossible to make any. Since
the old Lanciers have been converted into
the Saratoga and Minuet, there has been
little innovation in any of the square
dances.
THE GRACEFUL MIxUET.
OF these there is probably none prettier
btidH tuc XnAuUeE, DQb Unless ~ mas Dt6u
we'll Taught and is very gracefully exc
cuted, even this delightful dance loses It's
chief charm. All classes do not learn it,
ana until it is more universally taught ii
will not be leading dance. The dances
which the prominent masters generally
bring out during season are not heard
OF until after the holidays. then at a
fancy reception they lurch them on the
public for acceptance or disapproval- Ii
they can only succeed in having them
danced at the home OF some OF the lead
ers of society, all goes we'll; otherwise
there is very little hope for il. But after
Ell, try as they will. there still remains
nothing in the dancing world but the old
originals, and of these, as long as dane.
ing IS known, the waltz will take the
lead.
DANCING CLASSES.
Next to the Cinderella dances the dane
ing classes are most popular, both for
their informality and the excellent in
structions obtained at them. / know OF
just two organized by society leaders OF
this city last season, and they were
pleasant affairs. Mrs. E. II. G. Young's
class was probably the most prominent
It's membership was limited. but was just
large enough TO be pleasant. IL more OF
the classes were formed it would soon be
discovered by every body how entertain
ing aud profitable a way it is for those
fond of society, and its pleasures to pass
an evening, and probably some of the too
numerous euchre clubs might be con-
verted into such classes. AS long as the
world stands people will dance, and they
might as well do it as prettily and grace
fully as possible. EIDDA-