New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
C4NEOS or THE DINCE.
TerpsichOre Noe Reigns -Her
Great DcTOteeS Past and Present.

The premiere danseuse, who has never held
high position on the stage in this country
owing principally 70 the survival Of Puritan dis
approval. is coming - h,r own Never before
IN the annals q the theatre has she taken
The place that she VIII occupy this season.
At the Metropolitan Opera House Mile. Paw
iovna. Ivy Crlske and Gina Torriani win be
eNpIolied as bailerinIs have never been ex-
plotted there befor"- At the Manhattan Mile
Diplowsko will Be an important factor in
operate productions
In the t'ttnr Class of musical comedies and
comic Operas also The i1nseuse will be featured
to an unprecedented "xtent Tie concert halls
and vaudeville theatres no longer have control
of her fortunes. for the American public has
come Ia se. tn" beauty Of the dance as an
aid Ia the Interpretation Of the thoughts OF the
composer afd drarnatist
The immediate occasion of these reflections
is the coming Of Mile Adene Gen6e t. the
New Amsterdam Theatre next Monday night
in The Silver star a musical comedy by II
B Smith. designed to display the exquisite
artistry Of this famous Danish danselIsa who
for ten years premiere. charmed all DIavgOors
at the Empire Theatre London Mile Genfe
has been called the peerless successor of the
inventive Camarso ana u the ideaIfstic Tag
iiOni- The genius Of Mile. Genee was perceived
first ,y her uncle. Aexanire Genae. when she
wl-S tiny oi'ld. II was fostered by him and
his wife-who nas known on the stage as
Mile Zimmeiman-both OF whom were of great
repute on the Continent as dancers and pro
ducers of ballet
Mile Genee's greatest successes at the En-
pirc "EIneiand." The AliHiner
Duchess" High JinIs" tthe greatest charm
Of which the hunting dance) cinderella" q"
"The Debutante.' Delibes's "Coppelia" and Miss
Dora Brsht's exquisite dance idyl, The
Dryad" TWO years ago she made her first
appearance in America il production which
not worthy of her splendid art. The veryc
ard charm Of her ba!!ets win many hearts
wherever she dances.
Thackeray writes in 'Pendennis": seen
Taglioni in The Syphde. Miss Amory?
She's clipping in The SyIphide, amt she?' And
he began very kindly u hum the pretty air
(which peryaded that prGttiest Of all bailets
n59w faded into the past With that most beau
tifrn and gracious Of all dancers. VIII the
yo' ing folks eyer see anything so charming
an ythins 50 classic. anything like Tagioni?'"
idarlI I'erus:ni, a famous authority dane
ing. says that tho answer may be found in Mile.
Gene the charm u whose idealism and classic
art has meyer been surpassed by the great dan
seuses Of the past.
In this connection. a brief review Of the great
est balIerinas Of modern Europe is Of interest.
The story goes back to Madeleine Guimard. who
for thirty years Of her crow ded life, accord
ing 70 Edmond 1e Goncourt, the idol of
Paris She ~. born in obscurty in 1743, at
tanned to d joyous life in high places, only
10 die IA poverty IN 1916.
She was received into the Academic in 1862
and made her debut 1t the Opera in a ballet
called Les Car1ctercs de ii Danse." and
thenceforlh. untiI she retired on her marriage
1870 -,,ith Fl.erra,.iy dancer b3ilpt mast or
and poet. she was practically without rival in
fhe affection of the Partisan public, by whom.
ON account of her slirlness she was nicknamed
Ii. squelettc des Grcices" Noverre. who had
seen her dance for years and knew as only 4
great ballet master could. said Of her that
from her debut 10 her retirement she was al
ways graceful. naturally so. She never sought
after diificuIties A lovely and noble simplicity