The Washington herald., 1910-02-05
MAUD ALLAN SCORES.
Dance with Russian Symphony Or
chestra Programme Pleases.

| At the National yesterday Miss Maud
Allan and the Russian Symphony Or
Chestra save one of the most pleasing
and unusual entertainments that Il has
! been the pleasure of the music and
/ dance loving public Of this city 10 wit
ness. 1t was an entertainment in which
! everything costumes. dancing,
and artiste-combined to delight the ear
and eye.
Miss Allan revived the old Greek style
Of dancing and has brought il to very
high degree Of perfection and beauty.
! In her appearance she shows her study
Of the figures OF the Greek vases that
are dug up every now and then, and
! the graceful curves Of her figure. taken
together with the simple yet beautiful
Greek dress. makes a picture that car
ries one back TO the days Of Sparta
The first Of the series Of dances that
the artistic gave was composed of three
Of Chopin's-a valse and two mazurkas-
and then she followed these by what
proved TO be the most beautifully exc
cuted number, with one exception, Of the
fteTnOOn-MendelssOhn Spring Song 20
Her conception Of this. one Of the great
composers greatest and most familiar
pieces, was exquisite She interpreted
/ the first part as a chase for a butterfly
and the last as a sort Of flower dance
Al times she seemed literally 10 float
over the stage. and # was hard to real
ize that it was dancing a. all. so beau
tifully easy and graceful was it.
Following a selection by the orchestra.
she gave q suite from Peer Gynt." and
in the second OF these. The Death Of
| Ase,' she gave one Of the best exhibit
tons Of what might be called emotional
dancing imaginable. Her facial express
sion was splendid. and the dance was de-
serving Of more applause than IL re-
ceived.ir for no other reason than the
acting that Miss Allan did Anitra' :
dance. which followed, relieved the ten
sion, with its lightness and gayety. The
last Of the suite was the Dance Of the
Gnomes." a weird, snake-llke. almost
grotesque dance. which reminds one OF
the "Tarantella" danced here by another
earlier in the season.
The final numbers on the programme
were hassepied by Delibes and Strauss
Beautiful Blue Danube" The latter
was especially worthy OF notice. and the
applause was so great at the conclusion
that the dancer was forced to respond
with an ncore-RUbinsteins 'Valse Ca
price" another beautifully executed bit
of light music.
But Miss Allan was not all Of the en-
tertainment The Russian Symphony
Orchestra, under the leadership Of Modest
AlJschuler. furnished accomplishments
which came fully up 10 the standard set
| by the dancer. But 1t was in the over
ture and intermezzos that they really ex-
celled. The overture was "Mignon," and
the leader brought out Thomas haunting
melodies in a masterfUl manner.
The real musical treat Of the after
noon. however. came in the two selec-
tons OF the Russian composer, Ippolitow-
Iyanow. In the AuI" and the March
Sardsr" The wild, almost barbaric
rhythm of these selections was felt TO the
full. and one could hardly imagine bet
ter rendering than that given by the or
chestra. The leader was congratulated on
the rendition Of these numbers.
The combination OF Miss Allan and
Herr AItschuler's orchestra IS a happy
one. and. having heard and seen, no one
wonders at the popularity gained abroad.