New-York tribune., 1908-11-07
MUSIC
MISS pUNoAN's DANCING.


- - her -stire land from Europe, where Tor
,,esrs she had been e reigning sensation ana hAu
--es.ed what practically q new cuit, gave SoiA0
..hihttions OF her dancing AT an uptown the1Ie'
xs,v -eople OF cultured taste saw her PerIoliH-
-. s,5 smoke OF them with enthusiasm ouL
,hs multitude remained away went 10 eAhiO'-
.so,s On the roof gardens or In yauoeNiie 0''
tcb doubtless they considered TO be Of the same
nature SIS hers, and which. they were 'o'' A"@0e
<rsrker appeals TO prur1snt appeuIes-
~, r,,-,s,, va. about TO return 10 Europe thof-
oughly discouraged. when rom some -
she suggestion that she make tHe -,
calling 10 her as6 Mr. Waiter DsiliiONH ~
.,-,has-rs Of the Symphony Society ana giving an
[ISs.I a.. -. Asstropolitan Opera House Ex-
- g. the r-7usie the conditions were nluch less
favorable TRAN they had been al lls So
xben the project came to reaAHANHon reaA -.
@-s-,oo, II va; found that the great theatFe Oooi0
A-'7A'i - .bs thousands who wanted to
- -. ,sx -.v1ve the Greek art OF two thou-
s,a wears ago as the announcements sAio sol1e-
what hvperhoIcally. There sh~H ID" -Ieie iO
-. :. s,r1s.- the phenomenon The fact is
accorded as on Of many hlustratlOhS OF Hie HNII1
-. -, r-hin,s y. the public are as variable as
- elements and must be accepted IKE tie
weather Happy the artist VINO Is a4so go
-e,so-olortst as Miss Duncan proved heTseII 10 De
,. z-.s largely because Miss Duncan announces
her intention 70 dance 10 BeethOven's seventh syI
.Zonv nlsyed by q fun symphonic orchestra ina
]. more serious attention was given 10 yesue'U
,,e-so-rnance than any OF its predecessor W.
dinEs- the exhibition was o1heA "A0
1f-e those which had gone before It. and from ."
--iSttc ront Of view would be well If the carrier
conditions were restored for perfect enjoyment u
her art demands a much more intimate Te4-1lo
between the dancer and the spectators tliail = 80 -
sible IN so vast theatre as the AetTopoi'CAn OF
Ezo,,.e The music demands IL also No ioFeF u
me symphony present yesterday pu' ie
plorsd z t~ofoid humiliation Of the siorloue Go
ton OF Beethoven; TO hear mere trlckie u So So
ascending from the orchestra where there
bave been q glorious multitUdinous and sWelAlhe
song and 10 hear the immortal music aS Oh
commandment 70 the PantO1i11ic poses gestures .
movements Of tbs dancer. The exhlnluoh VIZ
- T-,a,, zsxe zas dlznifed, beautiful moving
b.5+ n.ver1heIess st put something Pslnfully me Ga
indiznfty upon the symphony Der ar nos - .
- eel6 which Is both beautiful and bouhuiui'
zrd 70 that lovers OF the symphony, no nla''ei Nc %
,-.c5s,t-a they may be OF the exquisitely OeAuI1-
.1,I dancing OF Miss Duncan. might WISH Iet ~ - -
I'm. herself Correlation OF the FepTesenl l3tIEe -
s = 77-fucspIe which has much TO coIaln=iio H. Du
!. -, -,or n ee APPLIED with violence where one
~ -ha arts has Grown independently 70 ah Ss'1No "a
s7,ch loveIlness and dignity as mas h-4O'~ Al 49,
absolute and most perfect FORM
--+e suggestion to use Beethovens A major syn
- - . sr,oznpauirneut 10 e pantorninlic dance
l,+5en+lz came from Wagner, Who once, descan'-
i-E or its ss1perby rhythnical cnaTaCteE spun %
- As The -apotheosis OF the dance tne 4uea4 04i-
eo5ir7eDt in tones Of bodily movements II Is not
.p first time that il has occurred 10 some OIe ~
zss,-iate g pIasticaIly deIineaLve art Win bee-
1rovens symphonic music; but heretofore lhe Pui
nose has been help 10 an appreciation u Inc
beauty ard significance OF the music not 10 H1AAe
1he music g help to al appreciation OF 1he AT
arbitrarily corlsorted with il Years ago II Ger
rnaAv the experiment was tried OF accompanying
the Pastoral symphony with series OF pA-o
,-,sr paintings The '-PastorsI' symphony is pro-
zr.-1a-tc music Of pretty obvious sort with lis
s-,frsrins OF natures voices but the experiment
vas failure because the listeners VINO Io'eo IIie
r-l.si, did not want 10 have imagination anu eliio
1sou fe1tered ny pictures presented 10 a11ol-e
sense The same objection initiates aEalnst Mss MSS
Duncan's PantOTliz1c Interpretation OI '-1e
syrnphory though n g less degree perhaps Oe
cause that Interpretation is surlc4ehuy Fae1S -
leave the imagination free; but II does disturb per
f-- correlation os the music which is here SUI
fcienl unto tIself
= = Measure TO recognize great beauty, e1-
ylisite grace and eloqusnr e1pressiveness III MISE
Ipurcans at It easy 70 rld-cule her cia-nl
maj she Is rsvtvinE AT which Eas Cui'4'0 -
The C;reens tEo ulillelniums ago out one posseSse-
a artistic sensibtes cannot see her without Is7i
f7z come Of the enthusiasm which fred the mind
OF Charles Kingsley al the mere imagining OF "a
The ancient dance @as-'in which every 1Ilo'iOh "
3 word and rest eloquent as notion IN which
every attitude vas z fresh motion for Sculptor
,4 ne unrest school and the highest physical ac-
tiy+-v vas manifested IN coarse paatonlire'
ii fantastic bounds and unnatural dis'oTto1S7 out
in perpetual delicate ulodulatlons OF q et@te4y anu
seJf-s,srsired grace We scarcely think OF d
rs2UIsr description than this Of Miss Duncaz1's art
zyf,en APPLIED tc SO extended q work as a SYM
rhonv however. II necessarily loses consistency
becomes ciruse. Her notion Of Beethoven insCu-
mental roern seems 10 be something ike thaf OF
Professor Ludwig BischofT, OF tie early aI1as
7rists OF Wagner. and the one 10 whom We owe 1he
-5-sss music Of the future In a programme
written more than q generation ago H0
treated the work very happily as sequel 10
the Pastoral symphony, conjur1ng up pictures
o< the atul2aI uerrI1laktngs OF the Cleaners anu
y.-e-d-pssers the tender melancholy Of loFeIoTn
youth ihere IL the aIlegTetto is where Miss Dun
can entered the vordless play yesterday, the plous
eartscle OF Joy and gratitude for Natures lowell
ness and Natures gifts and the final outburst WheIl
10y beckons again and the dance melodies hodl
s-r- mon the air stands idle the ground
--en,bles ioyous shouts sound through the merry
din and old and young are borne on in the Ulazes
Al This is fanciful, OF course, but Miss duncan
made II seem very real and natural Her finale was
= classic bsrcchanale IN which there foated past the
fstor scores of the pictures with which ancient ART
las made Us familiar their beauty enhanced by the
av-r11sfreIv rhythmic movements Of the dancer
s,a=z No doubt there were many who went 20 yes
-e-5ay's exhibition filed merely with curiosity II
"a tbev surely ren1a!ned 70 wonder and admire
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