Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-29


u" sian countess in her own right
and heralded as the last word
IN the graceful art Of inter
I4INIyI pretive dancing, begins her en-
- gagement at the Brandeis on
monday evening. The engagement lasts TIL
after Wednesday with matinee on Wed
nesday afternoon. Countess de Swirsky is
a young woman who has made a most
notable stir in the artistic world during
the last two or three years. She is OF
noble Russian family. her father being
one Of the court officials in st. Petersburg.
From childhood she evinced an aptitude
for the dance, which was repressed by her
father who did not easily consider his
daughter in the light Of a dancer. but
who insisted that she study music instead.
so the talent Of the young girl was bent
towards music and she became remark
ably proficient a pianist, studying In
Paris. and other European centers. At
Munich she won in competition the First
International prize, and was invited by
Mottl. the famous, TO take part in the
symphony concerts in Munich. playing the
Greg Concerto. Returning to Paris, she
took up the study Of dancing. and soon
made her debut as private dancer in some
OF the most exclusive salons In Paris A
little more than "A year ago she was in
duced by the management OF the Metropol-
ttan opera to come to New York. where
she scored an instant success. She appeared
with the Metropolitan and the Boston
opera companies during the season. and
last summer was at Newport, engaged as
private attraction for the exclusive set
there. Messrs. Whitney & Tutle Of san
Francisco are directing the tour she is
now making. She carries with her her own
orchestra, and provides in every way for
the artistic presentation OF her dance. She
appears alone on the stage. and for two
hours delights the audience with her music
and her dancing. one enthusiastic review
err writes of her after this fashion:
She is slender, with the 1.-THE smoothness
and roundness OF limb that one finds IN
representations of the strong young racing
girl, ATLANTA, or the aerial huntress Diana.
Slender as a lily stem she seems, In the
flexible soft motions OF her dance begin
nings. dangerous as a white lotus awak-
ening, her movements have Wondertul
power Of acceleration, expanding to fuller
and fuller freedom, yet always seeming
to reach toward an unrealized largeness OF
feeling, which constitutes for her the ideal
of melody and rhythm.
Never to be forgotten is her appearance
In gauzy draperies Of pale lavender, which
do not conceal, but only caress, her lovely
body. She seems too bright and celestial
a being for our dull and heavy garments;
of too serene and innocent a purity to seek
the shame OF cOnceHlmenL. In al the
series OF her dances, even in their most
abrupt and imprisoned intensity, there is
a pervadlng bloom and sweetness of mod
esty and mystery. From her fluttering
hands that shed curved CLEANS of beauty
high above her golden head, from her clear
seeing eyes like ocean jewels, from glamor
from snowy thigh and rosy knee and ten
der, flying feet-there emanates an imperial
richness Of giving, an opulence Of bestowal
Yet the elusiveness Of the maiden, the
aoofness Of the dreamer, and the yearning
inspiration Of the artist penetrate even
more deeply than the obvious beauty to the
mind and heart OF the behoder.
She seems hardening TO melodies un-
heard and she comes into the hours Of
some nymph from the walls Of the Pan
theon had left her dream of mural decora-
tive grace, and desired to mingle in the
sunlight and shadows of real days and
nights. Through her exotic Vivacity runs
ever the soft minor of remembered sad
ness-though not her own, yet that OF her
race.
Madame Sherry" win begin three
days stay at the Brandeis Theatre on
next Thursday evening. the engagement
including a Saturday matinee. This mus
ieal comedy success, which captivated
Paris and London, and which certainly
did have Chicago by the ear all summer
and broke all attendance records at the
New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, is
N~eANNiS q ANA0g AOA many VI llh
song hits, particularly the theme num-
Der, Every Little Movement Has q Mean
ing All Its own" have been played, sung,
hummed and whistled In parlor, cafe and
street Tor months. Staged by that master
of musical stage-craft George w. Led
erer, who was famous a few years ago
for his THE Belle of New York" THE
Whirl Of the Town" "The Passing Show
and other international hits, every detail,
every dance, every assemble and every
scene is characterized by a sparkling brill
llaney foreign TO most native produc-
tions. The love Of an innocent, convent
bred girl for a man of the world forms
the romantic framework OF the story;
her bewilderment when she suddenly
finds herself amidst life's gayeties and
complications forms the dramatic con-
trast, and the comedy is furnished by
farcial situations wherein a jolly bach
elor, in order TO escape the consequences
Of his deception OF a far-off relative Is
suddenly confronted by the necessity OF