The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-29

Vate their art for money n they
command enormous salaries. Dane
ing should really be the outcome Of
some form of JOY, sorrow, love or
ecstasy, whether expressed by the
mad, wild, passionate bacchantes, the
religious measures of medieval
christians, the dancing derVishes, the
Guild Nail girls Of the desert or the
graceful familiar movements of little
children playing in the sun. Dancing
was brought to perfection in ancient
Greece. Renowned s%culptors studied
and designed the various poses, which
in the form of statutes, the Orna-
mentation of vases, mural decorations
and has reliefs have been handed
down for the admiration of the pres
ent day. From the Greeks came the
idea of the modern skirt dance, which
took the world by storm two decades
ago. 1t marked the beginning Of the
~deCadence Of the Greek art Of dane
ing, and was then, as now, too spec
tacular to be regarded as high art.
In our day the skirt dance and that
killed It, for the Loie Fuller scheme
Of lights and a few running move
ments. After the serpentine dance
came the high kickers m a period
Of swift degeneration. There was at
even rudiments of it in the ~serpentine
art in the skirt dance, there were
even rudiments Of it in theserpentine
dance. The popularity of the high
kicking was unbounded and troupes
of prancing gympasts went aut ali
over the country, but as a dance 1t
expressed absolutely nothing. All
the time when London was given yer
to skirt dancers, ~serpentine dancers
and high kickers there still burned
feebly the light of the great Italian
forms of dancing. Then came AIDE
line Genee to restore the lost art to
it's rightful place. She raised a bal
let which was nothing more than mu-
sic and hustle into something won
derful and great. Later, thanks To
~appreciative criticism, the London
public received Miss Maud Allen with
open arms. She triumphed eventual
Iy by the charm and daintiness of her
performance; 1t was at once daring
and refined. The objectionable fea-
lures, such as they were, were put
down by the public as Greek" and
let 60 at that. The success Of Maud
Allen naturally brought a host OF
imitators into the field, but of these
only the three Wiesenthal sisters are
worthy Of consideration. These won
derful sisters hailed from Vienna,
where their dancing had given them
a great reputation. Their perform
ance was very beautiful, especially
the dancing OF the youngest girl in the
Blue Danube waltz. The Apache
dance was invented in Paris and witt
its brutal passion, its wild voluptous'
ness and abandon and it's fierce, cal
lous cruelty took Paris by storm. Fol
years no one thought of turning Il
Russia for contributions to the art ~
dancing, but Pavlowa was acclaime'
on all sides as the greatest dancer
the present generation had Tht
Russian men dancers were a reva'
lation. Their grace and power anC
beauty of movement were beyond de.
scription. Without question the great.
est school for darcing in the worlt
is that Of the Imperial Russian bal
lot in Moscow and st. Petersburg
Here the children are received whet
young, and here they complete theil
education and work assidiously a.
their profession for many years be.
fore they are allowed to appear IL
public. The result is that they are
brought up within an atmosphere o
dancing, and have il, as the saying il
in their very bones. In Milan TOT
there is a celebrated school of dane.
ing, while in Paris, although in inn,