Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-16

scarcely understandable. yet here is By
ron, obviously impressed.
To understand the strife that divided
society and animated Byron's famous
lode to the Waltz" we must remember
that nothing resembling its positions and
movements were then known In European
capitals. To hold ones partner by the
waist seemed very audacious. while to
"nlle"
To press the hand press'd by none but thine
caused the poet to proclaim 1t the limit.
Oh, say. shall dull Ronaika's heavy round.
Tandangos wriggie. or Bolero's bound;
Caiumsias eanerers to fbe MssIise WSoon
Can aught from cold Kamschatka TO Cape Horn
With Waltz compare, or after Waltz be borne?
Evidently. yes: but they did not know
it The original mazurka, wild sort OF
cotillon having something of both waltz
and polka, was already being danced in
remote parts, by Poles, Hungarians and
Czechs. The schottische was to be in
troduced into Paris considerably later,
from Bohemia via Vienna was to take
Paris and London by storm in 1874.
And the grizzly-hug in 1912.
The extraordinary thing about the
waltz is that it came as a pioneer
The other extraordinary thing is that
its arrival conceded with the true grand
opera iballet's start on its great artistic
career
The bagatelle gathering OF dance paint
ings shows It,
Loaned by the great collectors. art
dealers, even, like Duveen. rich families
before has such a mass Of paintings,
water colors. colored engravings and
statuettes relating to the dance been
brought together before. It becomes
particularly rich from 1920 on.
From 1920 on, Herold LA Somnambule
and Sleeping Beauty and Schneittzhoeffer
LA Sylphide) began to give the great
drama of the dance its acknowledgement
ing the way to Adolph Adam. master Of
the genre. who left his tradition to Leo
Delibes. his pupil Ga Source and Cop
pelia).
''Of all dance airs" says Malherbe,
the waltz, by reason Of its elegant, anna
BILE and relatively passionate nature, Is
called great music, permitting the COM
poser to give free scope to his learning
and genius
Three ballerinas of this period-yes,
and fourth, Cerrito-triumphed then.
and triumph again today in the great
bagatelle collection, Tia glioni, Elssler and
Grisi
Louis XVIII was king-who restored the
bagatelle property, pretty soon, to his
brother. Later, the bijou villa by the
Longchamps race, track came into the
hands of Thackeray's Lord Steyne. De-
scending to his son, Sir Richard Wal
lace 1t went with other requests of the
immortal Englishman in Paris to the
people of the bright capital he loved SO
we'll. Bagatelle is now a bijou municipal
museum, among lilacs and roses in
the park. The people-who had been
sweated to build it-first learned to
waltz on it's lawn. Now they return-it Is
a contemplative age-to look and muse
on the lovely paintings Of the dances
past.
Here are great ballerinas before the
who. without word, by pantomimic
dance, made Paris weep in Nina. or
Crazy From Love-" Here are the great
male dancers, Vertris. Million. Duport and
Montjoie. Only Mijinski approaches them
today. Here are the fair MeSdames Ana
tole and Legallois in Mehurs early Dan
somanie,' Cherubini's Achilles at Scy-
ros' and Kreutzers Carnival de
venise.''
Here are the three great ballerinas OF
the waltZ-and more.
Mario TasIioni triumphed IN ia Syi-
plhide." tho Revolt in the Hareul" and
'sThe Carl Of tho Danube" Her grace,
correctness and aerial nghtness married
an epoch. In 1880 she married Count Gil
bert de Voisins. retired from the stage