Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12

their Greek costumes how do they sue
coed In forgetting that they have left
/ off-off-havent left on--on-of-?
The interviewer had reached the point
when the futurist dancer interrupted
him.
| you mean the change of costume?"
| she surrnised.
| Exactly" said the interviewer, CRATE
fully.
THAT" replied the futurist dancer.
| as q matter to be understood easily.
The departure from the orthodox cos
when all are CARRIED in the same man
ner. How simple 1t is to think one
1 finds obstacles which can be easily
answered when one thinks.
I Madame" said the interviewer with
| dignity. IAN interviewer never thinks.
1t is against the rules OF the pro-
| fession."
But" protested the futurist dancer.
l"surely you can see how simple this is ?
Suppose a number of persons go bath
i long IS he Is an entity harmonious
with all others. Only discord causes
| self-consciousness."
There came to the mind Of the seeker
after Information the picture Of an
elderly lady rather inclined 10 embon-
| point and excessively determined In
the minds eye he saw her bounding
about like playful rhinoceros. shak-
ing the chandeliers and making the
| nervous musician in the studio below
send M word that II the fight didn't
| stop he was going To cali for the po-
lice. He saw the other dancers hud-
died against the wall while the elderly
lady with the er1bonroint cavorted and
capered like Gareantuan faun.
Without going too much into detail h.
| Z
the elderly lady in question might not
under the circumstances. be made tt
feel self-conscious.
you don't understand at air. ex-
planned the futurist dancer kindly. '"rhe
first steps are simple. There is no eff.
fort to advance the pupil in day from
the natural state of awkwardness caused
by years of inefficient articulation. II
must come SLOWLY.
Now, I have seen pupils who were re-
markedly awkward when they began
They were scarcely able to take the steps
in the simplest manner. But they became
interested at once. They became earnest
The lessons begin with short explana
ton of what the dancing means. 1t Is
a practical lesson in the philosophy OF
dancing They come to realize tha
dancing is vehicle of expression more
than series of stilted steps. When they
learn this their first big lesson has beer
learned. Afterward they become more
proficient and as they advance"
But don't they show self-consciousnes:
when they begin? Don't they find tha
their own awkwardness makes then
realize how inefficient they are?"
''In the spirit of dancing" answered the
futurist dancer, there is no such thins
as circumstances. II one hut realizes
that one is to be natural Naturalness
prevents self-consciousness. OF course
I'm a few cases. it takes some time tt
bring this lesson home. but in most cases
It is relatively simple
\
With this happy thought to cheer
should he ever decide to become a Greel
dancer, the interviewer went further OF
in his search for enlightenment. Their
came a startling shock.
The ideal natural dancer doesn't de
velop the-unl-lower limbs in dancing a.
much as the muscles Of the upper torso
1t appears, from what the futurist dane
ers- stated, that in the days Of tn,
Greeks, when natural dancing reached it
height. the muscles in the general vicinit.
of the shoulder blades and upper rib
were In a splendid state Of contro
through the free articulation and sensib
modes OF dancing
These muscles, say the futurist dancers
kcontrol the action of the heart and lung
and other important Involuntary muscles
Let the articulation Of these muscles b,
poor chat sounds like the right phrase