Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26
IMPERIAL RUSSIAN 4
BALLET AT KEITH
Brilliant Dancing and Musical
Act Features Unusually Exc;
cellent Program This Week y

THIS weeks offering at ke.1h's is well up
60 the standard. V'
New twists have been given TO many Qlf
vaudeville stunts" but ,one begins 20 won34
II the war note" IL not being sounded a. ~
Ito too strongly. as there seems TO be ten
dcncy OF late, even In frivolous vaudeviita
to allow the Cod Mars 10 suppiant TIN
muse In Amusement" ~
The ''headlner' of the bill is Theodoft
hosion and his Imperial Russian Ballet, aNa
Won continued and fcrvent applause.
Physically giant his dance is no less an
interpretation at once graceful ana III KeegpL
Ing With the lighter treatment OF motifs as
presented by his partner. Natcha TamboVa.
In the Aztec Poem" all the savage grand
eur, the fire, the patlIos and the pride OF tirat
parbaric race were portrayed in truly spec
tacular manner.
The ballet opened with n dance. "Romanco
OF Russian Winter" by Verda Fredowa, the.
music being Tschaikowsky's. The dance was
one chsractcrically Russian in treatment ana
motif
81 Hear the Song of the Nightngale,"
music by Rodion Mendelovitch, vioiinist OF
the troupe. and dance by Vera rredowS
was thing Of beauty and exquisite presentsA
tion. Russian critics in tho audience stated
that The initiation of the, famous Europcap
nightingale, MS rendered by Mendelovitcn III
the violin as his own composition, was ~
perfect as to entirely deceive the ear
In the American Fantasy" popular styles
OF dancing as affected by American artistS
woro clcvorly portrayed by Natcha Hapr
bova' Music by Victor Herbert
The 'Lezglnlta. Or Caucasian Dance" a.
pfesened by Vera Fredowa and two male
members Of tho troupe, was one OF the hits
OF the ballet dance. Oh
Music for this number was furnished nv
members of the troupe. who used rho Rus
sian national stringed instrument. the bal
lalaika."
Next followed four classical dances. In
terpreting the music OF Tsohakowslly Joserlh
Chosak. Rnlsky- -Korsakoff and Mnkus ju
which Theodore Kosloff and Maria Maslota
aiternatcd in some really remarkable daness
numbers.
Graycc bernard IL tho pianist RoditSnf
Mcndeloritch tho yiolinist, Joseph Chosak the
cellist and Alexander IvanoT stage manager
Nat Nazarro and company, In "t variety
OF varieties scored an undoubted hit Some
very clever and versatile stunts" are per-
formed by the exceedingly clever Nat" 9u
Edwin Marshall. chalkologist. presents
pretty pictures and comic Caricatures
original and highly entertaining ~
George Bancroft and Octavia BrosI<e In
the satire, Get OF My Carpet won many.
laughs. X.
Wives and husbands In whose fanilies
there has formed the eternal triangle" dl,e
20 war conditions. will find much assistanee
in the solution of their problems I'm tho tense
and very creepy" psyiet entitled "Tii4
ono Way out" By Robert tt uaines, Mrs,
Iiancs and ]. Malcolm Dunn. I, Ia wort,,
the time and attention Of any one inrerested
In the war and its ethical and perronal
relations
Jack and Cora Williams. versatile eutgf2
tainers; Gallarini Sisters. who presented,u ,u
number OF clever instrumental numbers:
wellington Cross. with II number of ve5Q,
clever and funny songs, and Bradna ard
Derrick. cauestrians, concluded the highly
entertaining bill. IA