Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-09-12
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MAXIM GLIDE EASILY LEARNED.

1t Is to Be the Fashionable Dance
This Winter-The Manhattan, a
New Polka, and the Trovata Are
Two of the Best Submitted-Many
Other Good Ones Considered.
The Maxim glide is to be the fash
ionable dance this winter, says New
York special to the Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger. 1t is the creation of Oskar
Duenweg of Terre Haute, Ind. The
new dance has to recommend it sim
plicity of movement 1t was presented
to the American Society of Professors
of Dancing and was given the sanction
of that body The Maxim glide is so
easy, indeed, that upon seeing it exc
cuted once the ordinary observer with
little knowledge Of the graceful art can
duplicate it successfully. The dance, as
illustrated by it's author, Professor
Duenweg, begins with a military
schottisch position-that is, the man
and tie girl facing the same direction,
the mans arm just touching the girls
waist. while her left hand rests on his
shoulder. Her free hand grasps her
train, while the mans disengaged left
rests on his hip. In the first part OF
the dance count four to each bar Of
music; in the second part, only two.
The man with left foot balances for
ward and back, starting in fifth posi-
ton, while the lady counterparts with
right. They take three walking steps
forward, then repeat the first step, the
man with the right, the lady with the
left foot.
In the second part, counting two to
each bar of music, they dance the two
step to schottisch time.
Professor Duenweg, after illustrating
his dance, said that he based his hopes
Of success for the Maxim glide on it's
extreme simplicity.
"People, society people especially"
he said, won't take the trouble -
learn new dances if they are at all diff
ficult. This they can get up and dance
after seeing it gone through once. The
dance is really just walk and a two
STEP regret to say that society does
not waltz any more. 1t won't take the
trouble. When waltz music is played
they twosteD, and when a twostep Is
on the programme they romp. This
makes the invention and selection OF
new dances no easy matters, for we
know that people won't learn dances
chosen by the convention if they are
difficult to learn"
The Manhattan, the new polka by
Professor George Prutting, Jr.. of Hart
ford, begins with the couple in prom
enade position. Polka one step for
ward with left foot, then one forward
with right foot, make complete turn
and polka; then dance the glide polka,
ending with three half turns and re-
peat first movement.
The trovata, the third dance, sub
mitted by T A. Holland of Springfield,
Mass, is danced to polka mazourka
time. Taking promenade position,
the couple varsovienne- three steps
and point-forward. Gentle AN then
varsoviennes back of his partner to
the right and then repeats movement
to left The couple then varsovienne
forward together, take a waltz posi-
ton and complete the dance with a
plain mazdurka. - y
Besides these three, the convention
has considered the Columbian three
step, by Frederick w. L'Amoureux Of |
N Y; the wayside CAV
OF, by Helen G. Way Of Hartford;
the gavot waltz, by D. B. Brenneke
If Indianapolis; follow on, charm
ng dance for children, by Adolph !
of New York, and new Ger
nan figures by George Prutting, Jr.;
Walter Curtes of Utica, Henry Kra- i
ner of Los Angeles and William Pitt
rivers of Brooklyn.