Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-28
DANCING BRINGS
HEALTH AND JOY
TO FAIR EXPONENT
Lucille Cavanaugh, Premiere
Danseuse, Loves, Art for
Pleasure She F inds in Trip
ping the Light Fantastic.

Sing, dance and be merry, for tomor-
row we die,' is the motto of Lucllle Cav
anaugh, premiere danseuse of the "Whirl
OF the World" company. In her opinion
tnere ls no other occupation which is so
heaithful as tripping the light fantas-
tic as she terms it,
questioned as to how the art might he
mastered, the dainty little dancer replied; /;
III cannot be mastered by some-not
even II they could practice for centuries
Dancnrs are born. but that has been said
ueIore. nevertheless, the fact remains
that you can tell made dancer the
minute you see one-there is an inde-
scrioaoie something that gives them
away, either trace OF the gauche' or
u seii-consciousness which shows that
tney are not really first-class artists A
really truly dancer can often be detect
ed when child skips about the street
TO inc music of hand organ"
poes II take many years of training
10 nring this out?" she was asked.
sometimes, yes" was the renIv
Ihere is no limit but age to the amount
or Improvement possible to a dancer
Ihere is not, or never was. a dancer who
was perfect; some think they are perfect
because they receive praise and applause,
but they could become still more grace
full If they tried"
PRACTICE BEFORE MIRROR.
Miss Cavanaugh then went on to de-
scribe the methods she follows in i'm
proving her dancing. She told of weary
hours spent in front OF the mirror, where
each movement of the dance is carefully
studied of hour after hour of rehearsinr
with partner, so that each step becomes
so automatic that there is no danger of
CONFUSION; Tor, she says, until one knows
all phases of the dance In detail as we'll
as just exactly how the partner does
them there is no hope of performing we'll
1T is Just like memoriznS a poem," she
said; after you have repeated 1t over
and over again for hours and hours, you
finally get to know 1t so we'll that II Is
Just part OF you; you never have to stop
to think Of what is coming next"
Asked her opinion of the modern nopu-
lar dances, she replied:
They are, after all, Just stage stems
simplifcd. I have never seen one of the |
so-called new dances that I did not |
as taken from some stage step |
which has been known for years. OF |
course, they are modified and, in some |
cases, enlarged upon. so that most people
wouldn't recognize them, but that is what |
they are just the same"
GLIDING BRINGS HAPPINESS.
do you approve of themT" she was
asked.
"of course do" she laughed; "I
approve of all dancing. I just love II
myself, and II makes me so happy that
am glad when I see that other people
IAN be made happy that way. Sometimes
when l am walking along the street and
hear good music 1 just can't resist the
emptation to dance-lt just makes me so
happy that I don't care
What people may think"
Good music, then, is one of the es-
Yes. indeed. A person can't dance
RELY if she doesn't enter into the spirit
I the music and II she doesn't feel con-
dence in the conductor; that is why so
many rehearsals are necessary before a