Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-09-26
FAMOUS BALLET DANCERS.
stories OF In TaRIiqnI, Fnnny El-sIeT
aud LOln Monte

retired IN lNLi, At any rate. the hu,lr,
today il chiefly spectacle eft drr~
aud cIIorrd limclight Except Tor q
very few performers, dancing rs a
hiEh art has vanished
There Is no one nov to SIT br>hc
La Taglioni who was the queer ut lu'
stage. Balznc introduced her into o.,
novels Even ThackcrIl ruudc>cvudrG
to notice her aud declared culhuSaS
tically In THE NrWcumrs' that the
young men Of the day will never see
anything so graceful rs Iaglion ~
La Sylphlde,'" At that time she WIS
the rage. StagecouchcS and great.
coats were named after her
La Tagioni owed her charm To- II
wonderful lightness AMI grace Her
style WIS rather ideal than realistic
and yolpulous. ms was then the vogue
The hidcous ballet skirt OF today Sue
never wore. bit skirt that reached
nearly NJ her ankles II was one Of
the principles Of her father, who taught
her all she learned OF the art. that the
dancer should he modest In dress. IN
movement and In expression,
Another famous master. who called
himself lie Dieu de In Uausc,' SlWays
told his pupils to use all the coquetry
they could
VestriS. who founded the famous
Vestris family, was an eighteenth eel.
tury celebrity and quite remarkably
conccltrd even for n dancer. Thee
are but three great men alive" he u'cd
To say, myself. the rru~>lm Fred
erick aud Voltnirr CT /, interesting
Ia compare SoulbcN'S remark thnt u
male dancer deserves tu he ham.
strung That profession Of which h"
was 50 proud Is indeed M arduou- "n'
Nestrls used 10 pructic" for nhp1t SiA
hours day A dane must hr cN'
trpmrly strong and supple
\ curious story /, told about laun!
ElsSlrr. u German dancer with cor
| black hair, which illustrates t'rr cN
ireme muscular strength dancer re-
qulres. She was crossing Ia Anrrict
when she entered her cabin one dd,
and discovered thirf ahsIrdrtlug the
jewci case which she kept hidden m
der her pillow Before be- could attack
her she planted her foot fuIl IA his
chest and Killed hin on the -pnt
Il l. curious that 10 Ensli~hwOmau
has ever achieved supreme su''ts7 a.
a dnnrcr II ~ possible, ~ Foreigners
assert. that they lack the dramatic GIT
IL il ccrtnln that lifelong DEVOTION
aud arduous apprenticeship are rN-eii
tlnl to any expression through the n"
dlum Of dancing The rats th" br
ginnrrS at tire Paris Opera. are nru
cle,l for i've years. aud then unless
they have danced FROM their cradle
they cannot hope To attain the iirsi
rank
Another quality essential to the great
dauc,T is Infinite patience The only
English dancer Who ever gave PROMISE
OF attaining the front rank fall~l Ia
this respect Lola MOutss Was th"
somewhat foreign name che bad taken
She lost her tetnper one day with the
manager al rehearsal aud Expressed
her feelings 10 Dramatically a. 10
break an umbrella over bis bead. Nan
ayers will endure murh for arts Aske.
but thl. was too m1cb
Cariotta Grisl IL another famous
name Of the old opera u was abe
W h. lrst introduced The Polka Into
Engla nd Bobsmian DANE that came
20 stay IL wss for her. too. That
Heine. GaatisF and Adoipbs Adam
cOIlalsorated IN writing "Gis<lle
There usre q scvre more famous
names that were fatslIlar words ia
tho-e dsTs Of the twelve leading
dancrrs Engaged 81 the kinE's tbsaisr
in 1924 FOG . iwo mouths seasSa I'VE
w~rs . SUFFICIENT sitrartiea 10 fe~ei's
more than fI.WD eseh toDd1u Mall