The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-21

| a recall for these dancers IL customary, and d
! smiiinely makes a short speech in her nativ,
tongue. Her remarks are 80 generally lauGhec
! nothing more than tho eterootyped acknowl
edEment beginning Ladies and gentlemen
The programme Mt tho Eden Mus6e Ia strong
! in It's dancing numbers. The best OF them /.
q Spanish song and dance Illustrative Of q
bull fight by Mile. Tortajada. She is asslsted
by three Of her troubadours. who play an &C.
compartment on guitar and either. swell the
refralns. and figure in the tnbleaux pose.
which arc added to emphasize the songs
stanzas. The dancers costume Ia q showy
one. with skirt to the ankles. and in 1t red. yell
low. gold. and black are prominent. She car.
ries red cloth and long lance with which 10
worry and kill the imaginary animal. and her
dance consists more OF swaying the hody to and
fro and back and forward. while the feet stamp
loudly, than in any series of stems or move
mcnts. Thus her most emphatlc moments
have her with arms aktmbo. with her body
bending from one eide TO the other, while the
Meanwhile she steps from one side 81 the
stage to the other. each step punctuated by =
Ing but lust how II all lures the Infatuated bull
necessary, for It is plain that in the end he
dies. and that the dancers tinal pose Ia one OF
tsiInh Tie mn i5 OF the dancer and ions
too. Lola iherri performs what. the pro-
Rramme calls u Spanish dance, but which
Is as different from tho bull lighting depletion
as it well could be. 1t seems to be sort OF
hlcnd of various styles OF dances. There is a
the dancers progress daGonally across the
stage. each stride beginning with a very high
the other. and there is apparent no differences
o. ease between the two. which Is unusual
MadEe leasing. who was for several years the
leading singer and dancer Mt Roster 4 Bal y
Twenty third street house. IL now at the Eden.
and Is doing very pretty aud original varia-
fun Turkish trousers through which hcshlnEs
show. The Full skirts are divided in front aud
fastened only In the middle OF the back. 50 are
really more like a cape than skirt This cos
tune permits Of display Of many OF the
twisting and twining skirt shspes 5. shown in the
stems commonly used In skirt dance. These
two Miss Leasing combines very gracefully.
There are two theatres in town in which
"pickaninny dancing" as 1t is termed. is one
OF the special features Of the Entertainment
At the Academy OF Music band of little
negroes is employed with remarkably good
effect in the race-track play. In Old Ken
lucky" The youngsters play In a brass band.
and also take part in a realistic scene in the
stable yard. where they give such an exhibi-
ton Of genuine negro dancing and frolic as
has mover before been seen In New York.
Their dancing is interesting. because It Is the
natural effort Of a music slowing race. and 10 rs
nature as are the peculiarly beautiful
S Svo Ss'"' reiIe e OF "f tho old old siSv.
cry days A peculiarly Of the dane
60 about their work as il they thoroughly en-.
Joyed II. and there is no doubt that they do. IL
is pleasant to see this group OF lusty young
blackamoors rolling and tumblinR about on
the ground and then getting up to dance rs IL
it were tho very best fun in the world. The
this scene reminds one forcibly Of scene In
piano wsrerooIn. The other entertainment In
s Tssn sspsoE Tf Frnse.
Sic0tpe at the GO son, In this dance hSw
woman will lam pblack on her lace. Miss DAILY.
sninnies. and iurnisnC. a danes, which;
4friSSa dancing nevert THE shG skia
vigorous. and entertaining. III the last act OF
bullGghters. perform a dance which is said to
tie characteristics Of Cuba; Tho chief dancers
in this the two DSy sisters who sg
high kicking an art In which these accom-
plished young women have no peers Stu,
then. II they can. explain to the public
how It is possible for, two young women,
strike a resonant ote on a banjo held almost
ut arms length above the head. IL Is worthy
proved a very successful part OF the entertain
IN ent offered in each Of the theatres named.
and undoubtedly the mimstic quality which Is
developed In New York managers to such
remarkable degree vii, lead TO its repro
duction in innumeraDle farcical entertain
agile and Brilliant a leader as Miss DAILY. or to
train band OF boys to dance and enjoy them-
dis played by the group OF youngsters who per-
form nightly at the Academy Of Music
or course there Is plenty OF dancing BY
Peter F. Daley and his companions In A
Country Sport" and very original and funny
some OF It IL. too. The first act closes with a
dance which has already set the imitators in
the Profession 70 work trying to duplicate IL.
There arc three people in this dance-Mr.
Daley MIR. Sparks. and Miss Irwin they
put their heads together. in the literal sense
OF the word. and turn their bodies completely
krouGd in time with the music. 1t will not be
easy for those entertainers who are always
trying to copy other people TO successfully re-
produce this ingenious and comical lttls bit 81
business. Another very good dance occurs in
tho Bowery. Mr.. DALEY and Miss Irwin occupy
the stage. and. on the spur OF hsuddon !nspira-
standing on the Sidewalk and 90 through some
OF the nguTNs OF a1uRdrI!ic. Tho DUN M rs arc
mounted on caslors and tho actors display
the world as II they were wing human beings
When the dance is over Miss irwin makes ilys
conservatory during big stage all. while Mr..
Daiisy leads his dumb partner about the stage
pointing out to IL the objects OF interest and
explaining the articles displayed in tho show
windows Olthe store. This act closes with now
nnale which Is one Ot the most entertaining
features in the performance. Miss Irwin
sings an extremely pretty song In waltz time
and floats gracefully about the stage. Dir.
Dalsy surprises tho audience with his agility
as wing dancer" an extremely difficult
form OF terpsichorean art for man Of his
weight, and Miss ! evils. the tough girl" in
dulges in fuw stems Characteristic OF the
type which sho portrays.
No continuous vaudeville performance 10
complete without its dancer. and some man
ayers ind that 1t pays to have two or three on
their programme, Herrmsnn's has presented
several performers OF this class since !. N.
lin converted that theatre into rival OF Proc
tors and Union Square. Sut lately he has
been unfortunate. Bsrtoto. a very graceful and
talented young French girl. died after brief
Illness. aud Minnie RenUooh. who took her
place. last wees was iacapacita.ed By illness.
But the removal az the Voyage ~ Su-
zette' from the stage OF ths American
enabled the management u, secure = re-
mArkAbly tine danseuse. who had heen
brought TO this country Cor that produr-
tion. Slgnora AaElani will unquestioDahlY
renew at Hermann = the popularity which sho
cnioYed during hsr stay at the American. She
/. not only graceful. hut She IL "a welt formed