The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-06
WINTERS NEW DANCES.
The Five Latest Are Stately
and Mark Radical Change.
UNIDENTIFIED RAGTIMB DOOMED.

and Grace Hast BE Resfored-Hou
the Debut II Danced-Sfx New Fig
ures 40 Be In the Ger
mnn-BalIef Dancing.
Five new dances will hold the atten-
ton OF society during the approaching
winter season. A striking and radical
change will he instituted by dancing
masters and there will be another re-
u to the slow. stately measures Of
the minuet. says the Chicago Tribune
The Pembroke, the Debut, the Fan
tasia and the o-olonaise complete the
list of new conceptions i'm the art. Dig
nifty and grace will characterize the
ballroom dances this coming winter.
The undignifed ragtime and cake
walk will be strictly eliminated from
programmes. The ban thus put upon
one time favorite dances for amuse-
lei is the outcome of the five days
convention of the American Society
of Professors of Dancing held at Sara
toga.
The dancing masters declare the rag
time type of dancing destroys all the
grace and beauty which should repre-
sent the terpsichorean art. and they
are loud in their denunciation of what
they call a deep rooted evil" With
accord they proclaimed its undesira-
bility in the ballroom and declared
they would take measures to eradicate
its influence from the realm of good
society. Its departure from the ranks
Of popularity and responsibility will
be |supplanted by a radical return to
the slow and dignifed minuet. the ger
man. the glide polka and To fha grace.
fIll glide two step waltz.
Dancing authorities say the two step
waltz Will be even more popular Ibis
season than eyer before. but Il careful
watch will be kept lest it degenerate
into the peculiar accentricities Of the
ragtinle. For ii is claimed that the
graceful two step in its original form
is always In great danger of losing Its
aesthetic properties through the reign
of excessive rastime. The degree of
Disgrace into which the two step has
fallen by the departure from Its former
beauty and grace has won for it from
the Disguised professors lie well de-
served title Of the bear dance" The
death OF ragtime will be sounded with
long drafts of relief from the dancing
masters. The waltz. glide polka, two
step and gaIiop win largely help to
make up the programme for this sea.
sons dancing.
The Debut. which was introduced at
the convention by Oscar DHenWeg Of
Terre Haute. Ind, andsthe Pembroke,
which had its origin with r. b, Car.
penter Of Providence, are both counted
on to hold the serious attention of the
more exclusive dancers this year. The
Debut Is q five step movement danced
In threa-fouf time, and the dancing
masters predict for il a long and sub
stantial existence. This, they say, will
be due 70 the fact thai it is one OF the
most difficult dances 10 acquire and
can only be learned under the guidance
Of an instructor; hence IT will be little
sought after by the less ambitious ones
and will probably be little seen outside
OF the more exclusive circles. These
Two new dances are planned much on
the same movement. Little distinction
can be noticed between the two, Both
are a combination Of the grace and old
time dignity OF the waltz and the free
movement OF the side glide.
The Pembroke is u six step waltz,
an easy, simple combination of the
far steps of the old fashioned waltz
combined With the two step. This
dance In likely to be the hit Of the sea
son and probably win carry Off all the
ballroom honors. Professor MARITIME
Hnites with other dancing masters In |
declaring the Pembroke to be the most
effective and pleasing yet invented.
he aAds II safe 10 predict that 1t VIII
even surpass In popularity the cele-
DRAFTED two step,
The german viii be as much In favor
tne coming season as always IN the
past Six new figures to be introduced
~ the german this winter were also
adopted by the recent convention,
These are the diamond square. square
moulinelt, circle end triangle, platoon
figure, star and circle, wheel and star,
These pew figures will merit the graf
lhcation OF the d~aRcers,n said A, r.
RoHrnigHe a. he looked over the list
With an air pf great satisfaction, 1.-THE
hgnres as danced have been worn
threadhare and have become tiresome
to the dancers,H
The Introduction af the Fantasia this
winter VIII furnish q pleasing iRaoyar
ton IN the opening programme Of q
grand ball The purpose for which 1t
was designed Is to divide honors with
the closing waltz Of the grand march,
w Its make up will be q delightful
Mixture of many quaint and modern
steps, Some af the back steps which
have made the dances af our grand
m0thapg familiar will ha obsappad in /