Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-11
Niiinsky. the Worlds Premier
Dancer, Is Amazed at the
Tulsa He Finds.
A WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION
Convention Hall, Where Ballet
VIII BE Held, Is Revela-
ton to Artists.

coaches. the battalion Of artists ana |
mi sicians who viii appear before
Tulsans tonight In Serge de Diaghi- |
lcffs Ballet Russo arrived here yes
tcrday at i:15 o'clock.
\ Journey from Fort Worth Texas. |
starting at . o'clock In the morning. /.
and marked by one minor accident /
after another. had put the visitors In |
anything but n cheerful mood. but as
II was Sunday. with no performance /
In the evening. the outlook, from the |
artistic standpoint was not SO bad. |
They arrived here more than two
hours late.
Waslaw Nljinsky. ranked far above
| all other male dancers Of the present !
ago, and the brightest star OF the
score OF celebrities in the company,
climbed into one Of the many waiting
| automobiles at the station and re-
qucsted Gin French) to be driven TO
the theatcr where the halcts were 10
be presented AS Tulsa is by far the
smallest city In which the dancers
Will appear on their transcontinental
tour he naturally had expected that
the accommodations here would be.
at the very best. rather limited.
Gets First Surprise.
What was the surprise of NJ. Min
gave an ejaculation of combined won
deI and delight when he stepped on
the deep stage AT Convention han?
Thru the attending member of the
company who was serving as inter
prefer NJ Niiinslty Informed those in
the party that the reason for his
pleasure was the Convention hall
stage. lie explained that the sloping
stage. which Tulsans had feared
j "a MID lao IrutVi.uglf "A tho h1lletg
was most desirable The stage. which
Is about twenty feet deep, inclines
approximately is inches. NJ. Niiinsky
expressed great pleasure. He said the
ste gcs in practically all the leading
thoatcrs of Europe built for hallets
| were inchning but that the one AZ
Convention hall was the second of the
kind he had found during the tour OF
the United States The other was in
a New Orleans theater.
Some one In the party suggestod
that NJ. Niiinsky should give "a good
: exhibition" Monday night with this
advantage.
Always Good.
To this. without the slightest APP
pearance of hraggadocio or boasting
NJ. Niiinsky replied with smile that
he always gave good exhibitions.
This is not the first time that NJ.
| / sNlIlI3hN nus N'fll ~ sNiH'ii'fhs ''ii' VIZ
this tour the company has been here
stree last January An interviewer
expressed surprise that the dancer did
not even pretend to speak English.
"The truth is. never have had
time 10 master the language" he an
swered thru the Interpreter. "It
seems I'm always busy If it's not
one thing it's auother--a massage, n
ride thru the city, or something else.
And thara ar en- giIiRg -
, NJ. Niiinsky could he described as
lust what one would expect as the
worlds greatest dancer.
He is of medium stature His head
!. : Is small and tho features are Russian
high chcekbones and wideset slavic
eyes II is the face OF the Russian
= arlstocrat The hands are beautiful
I ard well shaped and the whole body
appears to he what the body of the
n premier dancer ought 10 he. This
sunshine of the southwest I'm the midst
of winter is marvel to him. coming
out OF the colder north and east.
Many of the visiting artists dis
: played great interest I'm this section OF
$ Oklahoma because of the myriad OF
oil wells that they saw from the train
70 windows as their special rolled thru
! the d-Contincnt field toward Tulsa
II was the first time that many OF
NJ Nijnsky. The Pennsylvania and
- Texas fields. as well as the Rumaniar
and other fields In Europe, have been
! viewed by him.
Three ballets are TO be presented
In Tulsa tonight. They are lies Syl.
$ phides." "Le Spectre dc la Rose" and
> Cleopatra"
n Dance In the Hearts.
@ The performance of the ballet viii
g be a blaze of color, music and motion
n The remarkable dances Will show th'
s versatility of the artists from the lane
g of the SlaVs. OF "Le Spectre de Ia
= Rose" one of the ballets to be pre-
o sented to Tulsans tonight. the Hous
Is ton Chronicle said, at IL too delicate
n and TOO intangible for mortal words
y 1t is "A dance that IL not danced on th'
= floor of the stage, but in the heart
of the audience" The other two bal
e lets will be equally enhancing.
d All the artists who will appear il
s. the ballets tonight are foreign. Asid
,r from NJ. Nijinsky, they are Mines ia
n nina Bonjecka, Magarita Frohman
d Lydia Lopokova. Sophie Pflanz, Flo
IF Revalles, Lydia Sokolova, Alexandri
q Wasilewska; Messrs. Adolf Bolm, Al
exandre Gavrilow, Ivan Jazwinski
Nicholas Pianowski, Nicholas Zverew
. Il
sky and corps de ballet.
The company is under the manage
ment of II. G. Herndon.
Tulsan l. Host.
Several Shriners had their automo
biles lined up at the station when tn
special train pulled in. Many mem
bers of the company were conveye
in the autos to their hotels and after
ward given spin around the city
All OF them seemed to be much In
terested in Tulsa, her streets. he
homes, her nearby oil wells, and mos
important of all, her marvellous prog
ress.
one Of the Shrners discovered aft
er he had driven n short distance tina
some very distinguished visitors wer
his guests. In the car with him wer
Mr.. and Mrs. Fradkin and Mr. an
Mrs. Wasav NiJinsky The former
concertmeister of the company an
the latter Is the worlds greatest MAJ
dancer.