The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-14
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OLD DANCES TO
 REPLACE JAZZ
 SAYS NEW YORK

New York, Jan. 14.-OId-fashione keep-your- distance dances, are to dis place the modern Jazz steps, if the nationwide reform movement un- dertaken by the American National Association of Masters of Dancing proves successful. The dancing mas ters, it Is announced here, count upon the support of mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, dance hall proprie- tors, dancing. teachers and hostesses and if necessary the police depart ment-to exterminate the "half Nell son." ''body ho1d," "Shimny lock" and other imported ballroom grips which are practiced by some dancers. Cheap and vulgar music is also to come under the ban and, according "a circular just issued by the associa- tion, those in charge of community or. public dances are urged to show their opposition to undesirable dances by distributing You will please leave the hall'' cards to those who persist in offending.
 The women, 1t is charged, are often as much to blame as their partners and, in some cases, dance hall pro- prietors are advised to pick out ten or a dozen objectionable couples and, if a warning is disregarded, to oust them at once.
 "You will soon see,'' the circular reads, "that you have raised the standard of your establishment and that the loss will be more than made up by double the number of persons who have respect for you and your dances"
 Some of the rules and regulations which all are urged to obey foi low:
  Dance music should be bright and cheerful, properly accented and the phrases well divided. Cheap, vulgar l music of the extreme Jazz type in- 1 vites cheap, vulgar meaningless danc- ! ing. It is useless to expect refined dancing when the music lacks all re- fnement for, after all, what Is dane ing but an interpretation of music? "The Association has adopted the following tempos, 1t being impossible : the masters say, to regulate fas: 1 dancing: -.. ..--..s-. ~.5
 Waltz ..... AS measures to minute
 '-Two-step 54 measures to minutef I "One-step SC measures to minute l Fox Trot .. 40 measures to minute Dancers should assume a light l graceful position,' says the masters 1 S1iOoTO OS IlO JSIhy 1ldl1-5lGps | for these cause undesirable varia. | tions. Partners should not dance 1 with cheeks close or touching nol should the clasp be tight tNecl holds are positively + unpardonbale i The gentleman's arm should enctrclt his partners waist, his hand resting
 lightly just above the waist line. Tn,
 ladys left arm should not encircIt l her partners shoulders or neck.
 Steps or movements that canno | be controlled should not be taught b, ! dancing teachers. Short side steps
 first right, then left, when done con l tinuously, are not conducive to re
 fined dancing and should not be per
 mitted. tShtmmy dancing a shaking
 or jerking of the upper part of tn | body while taking short steps O l standing still, should not be tolerated f"The proper dancing step shouli be the same as a natural walking on
 except in exhibition dancing, whicl
 properly belongs to the stage, not tn
 ballroom. Exceptionally long or shor
 steps are not in good form.
 Dancing should be from the wais
 down, not from the waist up. Copy
 ing of the extremes used on tn
 modern stage is in bad taste. Re kmember that the majority of dancer
 desire to dance according to the bes
 accepted standards, that is, withou the slightest trace of offense to dig nity or decOrum."