Arizona republican., 1914-03-05
GIVES DANCES
 OF ALL NATIONS
Miss Elsa Chapin of Uni versity of Arizona Brings Extension Course Lee lures to Close at Woman $ Club Last Night

With a lecture that lasted less than an hour and illustrated by group of dances including the Furiana, the Venetian dance, which the pope sug- gests replace the tango. /Iiss Elsa Chapin gave the last of the series of University Extension Course lee lures for the season at the Wom ans club last evening.
 The annual observance of gentle
 mems evening was never more thoroughly enjoyed. Miss Chapin is
 not only an exquisitely graceful and lartistic dancer but possesses a great deal of charm and is an attractive and interesting speaker. It was survey of the dance in it's broadest sense, an accurate history of the art and interpreted delightfully."-. In the first part of the program Miss Chapin appeared in Albanian costume and gave a group of folk dances. The initial number was a Russian pantommc. representing girls fare well to her childhood. It was the Brides dance and the music was 1 based on the Russian folk song Like all her folk dances it was from the collection of Chalif, graduate of the Russian conservatory of danc- ing This was followed by KraltO- viak, the Polish folk dance. which. according to Miss Chapin, was par ticularly interesting for it's music. As q contrast to the East European dances she gave a group of Italian figures, including the famous Taren- tclla and the Furlana, which has again sprung into prominence and popularity on recommendation of the pope At present it is the craze in New York and it was one of the tlriations that especially pleased last nights audience. The Spanish dance. "Cachucba,' demonstrated the various types that appealed to the different nations and then came the Irish jig and the Highland fling. with which ali are familiar.
 Professional dancing occupied the second part of the program. Miss Chapin wore the becoming Greek costume and was even more charm : ing than in the first group She be- gan with the Egyptians. who origin ated dancing. and then continued to | Inc Greeks. who took the Egyptian dance and developed it. She told what the art meant in Greece. of the l vital part it played in the religious and social life. A particularly beau l tiful illustration was the Greek waltz. which Miss Chapin declared to be | the fundamental dance step and l which is said to have had its begin 1 ming as a prayer to Apollo. She
 then touched upon the phase of | dancing after the Christian era, ex-
 ecuting the Gavotte and the Pavanne minuette of colonial days. The
 classical ballet was explained and
 it's life in Italy which proved toe
 conventional to last, though has sprung into fame and is now in full l flower in Russia In speaking of the decline of dancing Miss Chapin
 quoted Havelock Ellis in his "Philo- sophy of Dancing The decline oi 1 dancing for the last four hundred years is really an episode in a very
 very ancient history and that the
 dance is the enduring art because i
 is the only art of which we our ] selves are the mediums"
 Miss Chapin. who has appeared 1 here before, was given an enthusi astic reception Her program wa. l received in manner that left n, i doubt but that Phoenix. even thougl 1t has become fascinated by the mod
 Hrn steps, can appreciate aestheti,
 dancing. Miss Chapin was asked he lopinion of the tango and responded lWithOut hesitation: When properl,
 danced the tango is extremely grace l ful as all dances of Spanish origin are and might have great value r
 lrousing interest not alone in Span
 ish dances but dances of other coun
 1 tries