The morning times., 1896-04-19
NEW SUMMER DANCES.
The Summer Girl Will Dance
From Notes"
COTILLIONS In COSTUME
they Will Be Danced in Fancy Dress
and Named After the Newest
Round Dances.

Logically, the busiest time OF the dancing
masters is in the fan. when young limbs
must be taught the mystic of the mazes.
As an aciUaiity, their busiest time comes
in the spring when they are getting ready
for The esummer-resort hotels and the dances
of August.
In The autumn there are ehildren's dane
ing schools and dancing classes of the young
people. But the children are always 10 be
taught The same rudiments year after year,
which instructors know by neart. and the
young people are contented with their
COti.lons and germans. SO the real work
comes IN the summer time. when the ball
rooms OF hotels are open and the summer
girl wants TO dance new dance.
Each summermGst BE provided with Sonir-
thing entirely new. Ii must vary from last
years dance. not only in name and step,
but IN style and measure. One year light
and quick; next year slow and dignified.
There have been several new dances
written this spring by different dancing
professors, and several more by well-knowl
leaders of cutillons. 4 coiillon leader is a
born dancer. whose taste upon matters of
dancing ANA costume is nQueStioned, and
whose word upon a dance is sufficient TO
make or mar il forever.
One or The prcttieSt of the Ecw dances
Is The "JOSCphette.' Its composition is
The work of a COlillon reader who mt first
intended il for figure in 4 Cotillon, but
afterwards hc became impressed with its
popularity as Il summer dance. It's time
is GigHricd and can he danced either to u
slow gaiop or 10 4 medium polka.
The -, ',oSCphctie" is danced in costume,
when uSC;lin 4 oCtillon, and is danced thee
times. 1t is used as The fist ligure, the
last figure and the middle one. This brings
IL in Orten enough to make il The principal
movement of The dance.
In the JOscphette,' which starts out
strong enough TO become popular sum-
mer dance, The couple start by taking hold
OF hands. Tie nrSt movement is digni-
fled walking step, with foot well advanced
10 the front. SIX steps are taken. Then
the couple face each other, taking held OF
10th hands. The foot of the lady is ad-
ranCed AT tie side, also that of her pa rtner.
Both point the toe. making u pretty
movement with ihc foot. The otEer tee is
ihen pointed IN the same way. Then they
take waltz position and waltz several times
around.
II this is danced to galop time. as is
The prettiesi way. The waltz movement is
kept up throughout, the feet Keeping I'M
conscious time 10 il ia the steps and side
movements. If The polka tine is used the
After the six forwa ara steps OF the
"Josephette'' are taken. and the toe is
being POINTED first at one side aud then
at the other. there comes the opportunity
Tor the gracefulneSs which every dance
must have 10 be popular.
As summer dance this Il danced both
afternoons and evenings. as d pretty new
dance OF the season. and when introduced
in ootiiIon. il is graceful as can be.
The cotilion is then called Josephetue
Cotillon.' after its principal figure.
4 new summer dance that Will be Popu-
lar with young people who like 10 take
up novelties to satisfy their Unsuitable
craze for dancing is the "Portia." In
this dance. which is d round dance, the
pair face each other and Join both hands.
The gentleman takes five steps backward,
keeping hold OF the ladyS hands This
order is then reversed. The lady takes
five steps backward, still keeping hold
Of her partners hand. The music is TO
polka time They then take waltz posi-
tiOn and polka through four measures
of time. repeating the figure over again.
The skill required to pilot the backward
dancing person through the first five steps
safely makes the successful dancer neces-
sarlly a beautiful one also.
The summer girl VIII have a variety of
new dances from which to select, for
this season not only dancing teachers but
music professors have gone TO work upon
the task of supplying her dainty feet with
material Several very tuneful musical
compositions have been written with O
special dance in mind. One of these is a
waltz called ''Lovanna." 1t is a piece OF
music that is strikingly Ike The strains Of
The Sweet BY and By Any person who
plays the piano and who can put that
popular hymn TO waltz time will have the
music Of the summer girls "Lovauna.''
The steps with this music begin by a
waltz three times around Next a waltz
step three times backward and three times
forward Then a separation. The summer
girl waltZes around three times by her
lonesome as the first girl who tried
the music after il was written suggested,
and the man does the same. A 5 they waltz
around separately they keep TO the same
spot upon the floor and touch hands high in
the air as they happen TO turn face 10
face in the three revolutions. In shorter
words, he waitZes around three times alone,
and so does she. As they turn they touch
hands when they can.
They finally clasp again in n waltz
embrace and waltz three times around
This is a very pleasing summer dance to
those who are more fosId of the waltz than
OF any other round dance.
All three OF these dances are easily learned
from these simple instructions written for
them, and with her notes in her hand the
summer girl will carefully step through the
parts Of the "Josephette, "Portia'' and the
'Lovanna" and be prepared TO teach them
by moonlight upon the ycranda TO the sum
mer young men ere lie steps into the parlor
totake a proud place among those who have
already mastered the intricacies.
The dancing gown Of the summer girl