The Washington times., 1910-02-05
MISS ALLAN SCORES
SUCCESS IN DANCES
Audience Fascinated by
Graceful Movements, With
Orchestra as Background.
By ROBERTA BRADSHAW.

There is no doubt that Maude Allan.
the dancer. filed the New National
Theater yesterday afternoon and that
Modest Altschuler and his superb or
chestra merely served as a background.
Moreover, TO all appearances Miss
Allan satisfied her audience, though in
view OF the present vogue for terpsi-
chOrean interpretations Of music not
written to be danced, il is peculiarly in
terezting 20 note that Miss Allan best
pleased the spectators in the numbers
which were primarily dance musil- As
specific Instances take Delibes' PAST
Pied and that dancers classic" 10.
ham Straus' Beautiful Blue Danube -
the apotheOsis OF the beauty Of the
sensuoUs waltz measures, in which Miss
Allan scored nightly.
Next to the product OF the waltz king 3
genius, which, by the way, Miss Allan
accorded the distinction Of closing the
program. the public seemed most i'm
pressed by the dancers presentation Of
the second part Of the Peer Gynt suite,
the death Of Asa
Riveted the Attention.
Miss Allan, irnpressively robed, and
oyerdraped with a PaIl-like scarf Of
black. moving against the background
y
sic depicts, riveted the attention OF the
house, but whether she interpreted"
the score Is altogether a matter OF
opinion. Miss Allan has a fine sense Of
color. with the effect Of light and shad-
ow, and TO the skiIlful manipulation Of
these scenic attributes she owes her sue
cess as much as she does TO her youth.
grace, and physical charm
The fact remains, however, that, e1-
cept in the purely dance music, she Of
Indeed. had Miss Allan not held the
eye with sufficient power TO distract
the ear and divert the thought ron
would have puzzled her audience quite
as much as she delighted II
Miss Allan's rendition Of Anitrs, 8
dance IS a case IN point The score IS
highly oriental IN its colorngs anI yet
Miss Allan's dancing IN this number
differed little, II AZ al. from the read
ing OF either OF the Chopin numbers
or, for that matter, the melodiously
swinging measures OF Menoelssohn s
Spring Song
Dance Of the Gnomes-"
On the other hand. in the Dance Of
the GnOmes." (Ususily known as in the
Storm Kings Home in the Mountain,
the music OF which Is marked by a Ger
tain hobgOblin weirdness. and a sense Of
the mystery and remoteneSS OF mountain
Businesses. Miss Allan introduced some
genuinely Oriental genuaexiOns and end
ed the Interpretation in q Wild EhirI Of
derVtsh-like madness and abandon
Giving the dancer credit for an inter
estinz entertainment there were many
moments when the action and the music
seemed far apart, and the spectators
either gave themselves up 70 the en-
ioyment OF q series OF attractive stage
pictures or endeavOTing 70 reconcile the
music and the dancing, found themselves
torn 10 tatters tr-@ag 70 watch pref
a.. graceful dancer and follow the
CLAIMANT commands Of such diverse and
masterfuI composers - Chopin, GEieg,
and Mendelssohn-
As for the OTches =. throughout the
afternoon under the wizards baton Of
modest Altschuler the musicians gave
a compelling and -ssOrouS tnterpreta-
ton Of such musical masterpieces as
RELATIONSHIPS '-SIa vic March with its
primftively forceful moods and measure
and ppolitOw-Ivanow' picturesque In
the-Aul," and March Sardan-"