Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-14

n movements of the ancient
80 Greek dances and ending with
- the modern swinging dancing
FFfs Of America, the program of
$500 the aesthetic dancers who are
TO perform at the Brandeis theater Nav
~ WIZ hclude representative ballets and
scenes from all nations and all eras
aesthetic dancing as an art has taken
firm hold upon the imaginations Of the
young people Of Omaha, particularly those
VINO have means and leisure to study II
with persistence and according 70 wen
worked out theories AS way of making
children graceful and healthy and as
social training for older people It is gain
ing many adherents and the old-time dan
eng school IL considered hardly sufficient
as an education In things terpsichorean
Tor the modern young woman. Some vounR
men even may be found in the classes
and many little boys
Inc young people who are to perform
saturday afternoon and night were trained
Ior the most part in the school of Miss
Lowoen, on the top floor of the CITY Ma
uonal bank building Here in a spacious
room overlooking the valley Of the Mis-
souri, and with a splendid view Of the
city and the river they are educated bv
MISS Lowden and her assistants in the
beauties Of graceful movement! Their
success In attaining these qualities of ease
ana beauty will be displayed at the thea
tci' All the resources and skin of the
cpnoren VIII he put to test in difficult
and elaborate ballets.
as numbers are now arranged, the first
wiz De the Grecian flower carnival The
costumes are especially lovely in this num-
Der and the participants are chosen from
among the
maidens They will be clad in the simple
flowing garments of the Greeks. with no
color except the flowers they carry. Grea,
wreaths and festoons of flowers will he
used In the figures, and at the end OF tina
scene shower of rose petals win fall upon
the dancers. The beauty of this ballet viii
be enhanced by the use OF ali the lighting
facilities of the Brsndeis theater. The
second movement will be a fnoonlit acer;e
and will be charming. Those who a,-n 10
take part in this are.
Misses Misses
E ETsnSss Men MsS,oor DPoLo,nx Brown
Ruth Hitchcock Eugene Nfhltrnora
Myrtle Brown MarRuerite stovvitts
Claire Woodland Erna Reed
Helen Cudahy Dorothy anith
Mabel Clark Katharine McC,ianahan
The second number varies greatly from
the severe classieism of the Greek 1t will
be thoroughly and typically Irish There
win be an Irish lit and an Irish Jig. and
they will be danced by little misses who
have the natural enthusiasm and spirit to
carry them through with dash and
abandon. The closing Of this number Will
be still another novelty Mr.. Hugh wal
lace. tenor. will sing a group of real Irish
songs. These will not be the imitation
Hta nanl1 NN.e
but the real thing. with the Tilt of Erin in
them. Mr.. Wallace and Miss Mabel Blu
ehanan win act out a pretty pantomlme of
Irish love-maklng as a finale. The mem
bers of the ballet are 10 be;
Misses Misses
Corinne Poissant b.anene Leonard
I M1rs A EsIienso Laura Brown
Corinne Armstrong Pearl >Cowles
Myrtle DTahos Bessie O'Connor
Zoe Wan Dora Tamisiesa
From Ireland II is but a short way to
England. English country life will be por-
trayed in a hunting pantomime The gay
scarlet coats OF the huntresses and the
diminutive jocSies viii make this number
brilliant. The scene ends in a reveI In
which all the members OF the hunting
party take part and there will be one real
fairy in the group. who will come dis
guised. but disclose her Identity I'm the
revel The members OF the party will be:
HUNTREssEs,
Misses Misses
Helen Cudahy Frances Nash
Ruth Hitchcock Marguerite stowitts
MABEL MABEL S1srk Rose smythe.
Claire Woodland ,oc,r,,rs
Claire pougherty Virginia crofoot
Myrtle Brown Katherine Smythe
Hasel Updike Olga Metz
Catherine Barton
Fairy in Disguise Cavers
~ May Day Revels-rwenty -four little
tots. led by Gretchen Langdon
British scenes and pictures from British
Isles will take up three numbers and the
third will be Scotch A Scotch reel will
begin II and twelve girls viii whirl in real
Scotch folk dances. The bag piper with his
pipes will be a feature OF this number and
John c. McDougal win furnish the typical
music. Miss Martha Britton and Miss Jean
Brltton will dance TO the tune of the pipes
a real highland films and as culmination
Miss Martha Britton will do sword dance
alone She has been trained by Mr. Nc
Dougal in this difficult characteristic step
and is an expert in it, The dancers in
this number will be:
Misses Misses
Corinne Armstrong. Bessie oConnor.
Frances Rittenhouse. Corinne Poissant.
Myrtle Drabos. Zoe Wan.
blanche Leonard Pearl CoWles.
Dora Tamisiea- May Russell
Mabel buchanan. Lillian Filleneworth.
Miss Adelaide Fogg, an especially gifted
and agile little lady will be the sole per
former OF the Habanera spanish dance.
She appears twice upon the program for
solo numbers Her skin and natural talents
have attracted attention from her teachers
and she has been trained in these more
elaborate dances in order that she may
hold the stage Tor a while by herself and
give an Ida Of splendidlV done individual
work.
A pantomims and dance scene from the
picturesque Latin quarter OF Paris viii be
the last number OF the FIRST part OF the
evenings list OF events. In this a number
of older people viii take part and the in
terlor Of an artists studio viii be shown,
,whara he n selecting his models. One OF