El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28

binders one in expressing b4 poSSa GU
gestures those thoughts or emotlons
T5-bicb one is irving to convey to the
minds oe the audience fOr llSte-ll~es
the dancer becomes rigid with rear OF
hate Her face expresses this feeling;
so does her body
ANGLES of her body suggest these emo
lions If she were stout, there Wou4u
be no angles and, for some reason, the
fun. round face. while perfect IN Deal-
~. is seldom capable of all the express
sions assumed by the girl whose mus
cIes show plainly and are not hidden oy
a padding Of flesh, no matter no"
Like the Cat.
The dancer must suggest the cat IN
grace and Quickness, and the cat IS a
creature of muscle and sineW-
One more thing is necessary Tor the
good dancer-perfect health A sense
OF proportion comes in handy, too, Tor
one can overdO anything, and the por-
trayaI of the emotions especially needs
good sound judgment TO guard one IN
the dance pantOmime, which can the
dance Of the senses
Ever dance is really a pantomime--
that is, the portrayal, without words, Of
some story. Ordinary pantomlmes can
be arranged by anyone who has imaS1-
nation and is willing TO work hard, ana
these dances are splendld 1or oeNeIOp-
ing the ingenuity of the performer as
one has to convey an entire story by
means Of gesture and action alone.
You w5Il get a tremendous amount Of
fun out CO , pantomime which can pc
arranged to suit audiences, and the
moving Dictures should give you end
less ideas Of what stories 10 act out
The dance Of the emotions, however,
while it is in way pantomlme, IS an
elaborate dance. the various 1eeinss
mic gestures Of the body to the ac-
commandment OF music
The Original Idea.
The Original idea is that OF a pure
soul coming to earth. One after an
other the soul is filled with all the
varying emotions known to the human
The soul enters clad in long, white
wells Of innocence and there IS dance
to pastoral music with suggestions OF
springtime happiness and then of love
The second part shows the souls temp
tations A bag Of gold lies on the
ground This the dancer picks up and
lets the gold pieces run through her
fingers, excitement, greed ambition
and lust Of power and money showing
in her face and overcoming all the gen
tie emotions OF the previous dance,
while she glides about expressing the
misery, covetOus, selfish desire for
money.
Next she espies the grapes and
crushing them into the golden cup, a
bacchanalian dance of the senses fol-
lows. which is danced in the leopard
skin. a familiar symbol Of CANAL ap-
petites At the end of this riOtOus
dance she drops to the ground ex.
hausted, and when she rises to the
sound Of a death dirge, fear OF death,
the desire to live, self-pity and other
conflicting emotions are plainly shown
in dance and gesture.
At the end, repentance, and finally
in a great burst Of music the deathless
soul. triumphant over the senses, wings
its way to Immortality
Must Have Control.
To dance a pantomime OF this kind
one has TO have control over a great
technique, and be able to make every
gesture mean something. That is what
most dancers cannot do. They make
many gestures, take countless mean
ingless steps, and the OnlOOkers ask
themselves, What does it all mean2"
Costume, Of course, helps a lot, and