The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-22

.pn,c;ns and Dancers OF To-day.
BY Caroline and Charles II. cafhn.
Dcdd Mead & Company. OF New YORK.
s. 90 net
This very artistcalIy arranged vol
umc treats of the modern revival OF
dancing as an art and IS Illustrated
rs the pictures OF many OF ihe famous
dancers OF to-day. Anna Pavlowa,
Nlkal Nordkin. Ruth 81 Denis, Alexis
Ruigakow. Isadora Duncan LYDIA
l.oponkowa. Maud Allan. Katarine Gel
tyer Adeline Genee and others. APP
nearing IN costumes worn in the dram
a- of the Russian dancers. in crinoiins
dances. spanish and Hungarian dances
BUTTERFLY dances. bacchanales and i
modern adaptation OF the gaVotte.
Tho introduction TO the book, writ
tcq hy the authors says:
THAT This art OF the dance is bound
10 develop IN one form or another
smon- as is evident on every nahd'
nm. ooportunities offered :n our rec
-eaffon centres and settlement houses
ro~ learning Folk or Fancy dances
meet with immediate response No'
81 II only duc 20 the nalural eEaN.Hs
of vouug people Of different sexes 10
Get together. Many classes. formed
S,ts~.N Of Girls are crowded with
.h,,s .r factory. SO Tar from deterrlhS
-h.-, f~om this eNevtion. seems 20
Strengthen the impulse toward 'hls
.,.,ressfonsl resource. IL some OF
,he classes where the foreign element
s e,r.,.. We hear Of the mothers
,,~csert-in.- themselves as eager a.
4~.,+s ana. undiscouraSed by their
isck of skill. finding joy and SiadnesS
,o hrisnt,n their toilsOme lives
% tn cccentricities in modern
as,rir,e this explanation - gwen
..rbe American instinct is stun 10"
,.ou+hful aud vital 10 be content WIN
Tho conventional dancing Of the
FORM OF society 50 We nave lie
outbreak OF turkey 7rots' pu"'s
mugs .Gaby sndes' and so on. II -
unfortunate that It Shouiu ""n
.,c,ned necessary to the revival OF eA
.os~,on in fire social dance. 20 re-
Am Ia inst.octs 90 primitive as 10
h.~slv moro than british But
TO-, lis hope this stage oil eNoiU14",'
-.,u nc ouicSly passed and the growth
vii Ice continually 10 soinethlHs
7,oautv and spiritually, more worthy
81 our national ideals ,..,.
c,hao.ers are devoted to the "IlS."
-. ~. dance. the evolution OF the od'
H., the Russian dance-drama. cou'
- eccentricities and folk dane
Tho Greek peoples JOY Of move
. md instructive need I" 'NpiSSS
,r,ir sense Of life rendered me ua"o
.,,,oDo them q sister art 81 mus40'
,octrv and drama. All interpreted pS
is rhythmic movement. bu' sum
form, of dance-drama belonged hot 10
tho Greeks alone. but even l" peVP'Ss
rankirg lowest in CIVILIZATIONS " W.
4,a,seonians and Alentians. 50 general
j. tho need for the expression % m
son in harmony or diseord oil SUM"
and movement
According to tho ideas Of Car 'ilne
and Charles IT, Caffn, the i""hN SID
,,itual OF the Greeks has served as
Wacner's Inspiration and inc pass
Of Gordon Craig's idea for the fcVlNal
49, Tho art Of the theatre lsadora
Duncan the Americas woman. with
yvbom m. latest devsl opment Of tho
dapce-drarna originated. IS given
,haDter in dancing and Dancers.
telling what service she has rendered
in making dancing an art chapters
are also accorded Maud Allan ana
Ruth ~. Denis.
ATcs- interesting chapters arc thoSe
devoted to the EVOLUTION of the BAL
lst and the classical naIieN OF '"'
Russian school. in which scenes irons
la Jas des Cygnes are described
and the story II the drama outlined.
Tn teAt relating To Rita Sacchetto'
interpreter by her dancing Of IN" PIE
lures Of Nal.squcz. Botticelli. CREME
and Rossetti. IA costume and coloilnS
j. very attractive. also that in regard
To court dances.
Jrrlosed in handsome embossed
covers and splendIGIy made up. Dane
ir-r ana Dancers Of To-Day eXeu,-
rInes IN an admirable manner what