The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-08-21

and the place is not the "Dansant" or
Tango Tea"
The Tango Tea is a menace to young
girls. Parents who take the proper
interest in their children can keep
them at home and out of dance halls
tspelled with the second vowel If YOU
prefer at night. But of course young
girls have to be allowed a certain
amount of freedom in the day and
many a sixteen-year-old child drifts
out of the pure air into the drink-and-
danger atmosphere Of the Tango Tea
at five in the afternoon.
Apart from stage dancing. which 10
meant for TO admire and for TO see''
| there is modern dancing for every one.
The place is the home or the private
ballroom and the time is an evening
of pleasant relaxation and healthy ex,
ercise.
The first thing TO consider in ball
room dancing. as | am going 10 call
| IL, is position. The turkey trot and
| tango should be danced with the part
ners a foot apart. These dances must
allow for freedom of motion AMI indi.
vidual expression, and TO be graceful
as well as modest they demand room
| for each partner to move about cas-
| lily.
First, then. stand a foot apart, with
the mans open right palm firmly held
| at the center of the girls waist in
back. The girls left hand is just be-
low the mans right shoulder. with
her arm parallel to his, and the girls
right arm is loosely held over the
mans left forearm, which is held
tense from the bent elbow.
This position allows for free mo.
ton and careful guidance that will
make for unity of motion without any
jerks or jolts. And is not the position
modest, even more modest than the
now generally accepted and allowed
waltz position?
The next great rule for the turkey
trotter is: Keep your feet on the flooE
Glide all the time, don't bounce or
bob. wriggle or sway in the objection.
able fashion of people who do not I'M
derstand the modern school of dane
ing, but dance at il. Keep your feet on
the floor and do not shrug your shout
ders; just glide along in a near-walk-
ing step-your feet on the floor ana
your body in a continuous line. with
shoulders held even.
Follow the rule as to position. GID.
ing feet and unshrugged shoulders.
and at once the Objectionable features
of the new dance that has swept the
country and has given every one the
stimulus of enjoyable exercise will he
eliminated. But the modern dance Ia
far more than elimination-it is care
full selection. and from day to day
am going to show you carefully Sc
lected and posed figures and to tell
you just how to practise them, so that
you may dance with the procession
and be turkey trot and tango eK-
pert.
Today am s1soving you a little
stretching exercise that IL will be
wise for you TO practice. of suppleneEs
and grace, before you start doing thu
steps which Mr. Clifford and will pic
ture for you.
Next consider the tango step. dane
ed for stage purposes only. The step
itself is pretty and simple. partners
facing forward. mans right and girls
left foot slightly raised. but the close
embracing" position must change for
ballroom usage
The third picture Is the best de-
Tense | know for the modern school of
dancing. 1t lis not graceful. modest and
pretty? hope soon to teach all of you
many steps that belong in just the
same category with this step-and I
hope that all my long-distance pupils
will be able to do steps and whole dan
ces that take their place in the same
class with this graceful little near
minuet dip-step.