The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-14
SIMPLIFIED TANGO
IS MASTERS RULING
Teachers Decide on a Standard
ization Of All other Ball
room Steps.
THE WALTZ NJ BACK

one may Nox trVI Win u iH1Fe foP
slide and twinkle. ore step with a pretty
IN n out crcss step n glide, or
waltz in the modern way, which r. an
entirely rev combination Of old and
new. but II one dances az all-jus
imagine -tr'-one mus, dance according
70 Hoyie and nr as THEY dance The
egors,ical fosdepls THEY ~intrsiuce
are officially passe.
I, won't be done that way any more
az least not until the next ~Ssion Of the
Congress Of American Dancing Masters
about Christmas time-and probably
never again. And incidentally Mr.. and
Mrs. General Public and NOT the hitherto
autccratic dancing masters may say
wha. 1. TO he vogue and the dancing
masters viii teach them wha; thsy want
to be taught. Their VS. Is Hcyfe in
the new school OF T~erpisnhore. following
OF course the guiding STEPS of art
The Congress OF American Dancing
Masters has decided what 10 according
to Hoyie' for the next three month";
Hoyle changes every so often-and the
next tine Miss Lightioct. who has
visited a New York cabaret, says 10 her
dancing professor with a sighins ap-
peal: Won't you teach me that new
stem THEY do Prof. Graceful will
bow very politely and reply with a "
fed smile III m~ademcisells will kindly
teach me the step THEY DO / shall be
d~ee-lighted. YOU know. 10 teanA
madenolselle how to do Il. But how do
know what THEY do, my dear. | have
not seen him. S'est-ce g And 80
THEY funk their fences. 70 10 speak
What could be more simple?
THEY brought ali the catastrophe on
thems Ives, too. The OF
American Dancing Masters wrangled all
day Saturday trying TO reach come idea
what THEY we're dclng-havng heard
all about THEY IN a vague indefinite
sor, of way-and then decided 70 tour
the prominent bathrooms OF the city sat
uNiay night in twoS and thTeeS Tour
they did 10 the B.ltmcre. Rcctors. the
Aston. the McAlpin, the a and
Others. No two ~ the well known
THEY danced the same way, the dan
chg masters discovered, n the dis
;ressing disparity Brought all the dele
gates together sunday afternoon 10 DO
some standardixlng IN earnest
Dancing Like a Canary.
81, Is this way" said Prof. Louis II.
! Chalif yesterday afternoon 10 a SCS re-
poster. Every one commences one a
10 walk YOU know. but then. oh la-la'
II Is like a csnary. In one minute ne
;-r-r-r-r-rs and you do not know what
he will do next. N'e-t-ce pas
one MAJ gather from the programme
. Of the Congress OF American Dancing
Masters. however. that the public VII!
, stay put. as far as standard dances are
| concerned. only shou; three months. All
the professors OF Terpsiciore Will lay
down a set Of dances and teach them
~ass,duously. but when milady and her
| escort 70 out TO the caharets and see
a different step. milady wants 10 do II
TOO. Result-!n a short time besides the
fundamentals taught by her professor
she has gathered a motley collection VI
other steps. and hence the dancing mas
tiers have TO get together again 10
new standards.
Here are the standards until the next
meeting on december Is: Fox trot,
congress one step and modern waltz he-
sides the complicated tango will he SIM
plired. The syncopated walk Will he
retained. as we'll as the hesitation canter,
but the first three will he vogue Tor All
Forty delegates representing eight So
cieties and approximately 5000 danclns
teachers decided that and agreed &c
teach accordingly Throughout, the coun'
try. Delegates attended from nearly
every large city in the country. Tn
standardization was made because y
was found that teachers were tea'hlne
the same dances in different ways anc
the public was losing confidence,
BY the way, the dancing masters ne
Neve in teaching the public what IN
puhltc wants 10 be taught n not, a!
they do in London. according 10 fro'
Cbalif. who entertained the congress
this time at his studio in West Forty
second street. as the teachers think IN
public ought to wan to he taught. Ina
was the secret OF the Saturday nigh
tour and when the congress gather
again AZ CHRISTMAS and al Easter IN
members will our the prominent bal!
rooms aEain. md out what the puoli
seems TO want most and teach then
accordingly. The steps agreed upon 70
this season will be forwarded 70 teacher
throughout the country, but tho dancinI
masters entertain no hopes OF ooviatnI
the cabaret menace altogether.
Ecx Trot IN ne SION.