New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-15
THE RUSSIAN DANCERS
Miss Hoffmann's Troupe Opens
at the Winter Garden.

The Winter Garden was crowded iss'
night with an expectant audience sathereu
10 witness Miss Gertrude Hoffmanns reap
from "sterIardom' in the varieties into the
ranks OF the impresarios. Although she
first won note as a mimic. yet none has YET
ventured to deny her originality. and hence
her announcement of "Saison De bai'e's
Russes" proved a potent drawing caro-
The company Of one hundred oa"o
which presented the Winter Garden sum
mer attraction last evening was the rru''
Of an idea that terminated In MISS fio'
mann's mind two years ago when SIZE III
saw the Russian terpsichorean troupe Va
Paris, The idea was that America "''i'
enIoy-and. incidentally. pay well 10 WI
ness-a series ~ music dramas "l'"""'
words. either spoken or sung. the stories
being told I'm pantomime and dance in'e
pretative OF both the narrative ana the ii'u-
sic With her theory she discovered tna'
the shuberts agreed. and hence the enter
,ainnsn, that was presented last night.
Three ballets made Up the programme.
They were: Cleopatra" mimodraHia IN
80 81, with The central figure that Of the
renowned queen OF ancient Egypt. ana tne
a SdCTe0 SiEluN III fhii
sahar, Desert: Les Sylphides.' roman
tic revery'' In one tablsau, accompanied 0y
music from Chopin. and "ScheheraA''e
a corvpheic drama in one act WIN "'U''0
by Rimsky- Korsakow.
Trio halle, corps which Miss HoHlnahn
had assembled and which danced ~ nv
music Of an orchestra OF seNentE-nNe
ductod bv Max Hoffman,. included hyu'"
rooo,,,boua who has danced In the rus
clan bslIets in Parts and was seen mere >"
"rhe Echo, Maria Baldina ana iheouO
KosIo,. who were dancing here IN the M
sic halls last winter. Alexander o""o'
r,ho vas also In The Echo" and ione
liz, oe Russian Bohemian, Polish anu
rr.rcb artists from foreign opera houses
Theodore KoslorY who had charge OF t"e
earns ~ dancers who appeared WIN III"
here last winter. trained the oallets'
rho stage setting FOR the opening pallet
"-laonotra was an attractive representa-
to-, % tho interior OF an ancient tempe
Mics uo~nsnn took the title part and lneo-
aora t<osloff portrayed the young hooie'
,-,our whom the queen in scene rather
rookiro &, rsticence, considering that IL
nos "vordlsss drama" captured from MS
sweetheart. Tailor MISS Maria baIoi"a''
Sevaral dances were interspersed anu Wv
raceived some Of them pleasantly ana ON
ers enthusiastically by the audience Inv
curtain fell upon the body or Afnouh' WIZ
has paid for the queens amorous cohCe
sion by drinking from a poisoned chance'
and upon the dire grief OF Tailor Inc
customary procession Of flowers maze us
vav I'd and down the aisle al the emu Vi
This onening production. and the audience
annesred 10 be In a contented frame OF
mind.
! les svlphides." which had charming
woodland setting. proved 70 be deHshtiui
ballet advertisement" The solo dancers
we're Miss Lydia Lopoukowa MISS Cochih'
Miss Baldina and Mr.. Volinine. MISS 10
noukova. light. graceful. dainty and ashe'
came per,lously close 10 carrying on the
evenings laurels right here. II applause
loud and long. mounting even 20 cheers
can be taken as indicative. this little dance
captured the house There were "o'7
flowers al this point
The scene Of the closing piece, Shehera-
! zade." was the interior Of the hafem OF
,he "Schar-riar" in Teheran. The theme
| has been drawn from the Arabian Nlshts
| and has 70 do with me discovery ny ~
Oriental potentate mentioned Of unfaithfui-
ness on the part Of his favorite wife' 10
teide. As spectacle II proved riot OF
color and OF motion. The color II may ne
mentioned. was pleasing and the motion
graceful The onlookers found pleasure In
both and expressed that pleasure with en-
/ rhusiasn.
! Miss HoNmann has succeeded In gatner-
ing company which contains some re-
Variable dancers. and tho rank and hie
| y the ballet corps evidence careful training
! The pantomime which ran through the hrst
and third numbers on the programme was
performed with such skill that the audience
seemed 10 follow the threads OF the story
readily. The entertainment lasted about
two hours and half. and no ore seemed
| IN find the uiu'ltes WearsOne.