The New York herald., 1920-01-28
DEBUTANTES DANCE
'COPPELIA' BALLET
Three Performances Being
Given for Home for Grip
pied Children.
PLEASING TO SPECTATORS
Miss Margaret Burton, Miss Dorothy
Taylor and Miss Dorothea Oar
lington Among the Principals.

PLAZA HOTEL BALLROOM-CoPPE
ballet. Music by Leo Delibes.
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0oppeI1s' Miss Torothea iari re,
The Bgrgomaster. Miss Katherine Hoa gland
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1thy Leary Dorothy Quinn, Marion Carpenter
STANLEY Ian Remsen Ts0'Se GeraiSins Han 'at ant
Martha Qttley.
While one group of young women OF
society made a successful initial appear,
ance IN an amateur theatrical production
in the Princess Theatre on Monday an
other launched another ambitious amateur
performance yeste day afternoon in the
Plaza Hotel. 1t as a revival of Leo
Denbes' charming bantomime and ballet,
Coppelia." under the uspices OF the
spence Alumnae Society for the benefit OF
that organizations home for orphaned
children. The performance was repeated
EAST night before q second audience that
filled the ballroom of the hotel Tonight
,1ere will be third performance.
In this revival of ''Coppelia" the young
women in the cast. most of whom are
debutantes. approach so closely to profess
may wish to hear again the captivating
melodies and watch the moving charm of
the ballet will be we'll repaid for visit to
the ballroom threatre tonight. The pro-
duction is admirably staged and beautifully
costumed under the direction of Otokar
Is4ruk, of the METROPOLITAN Opera Com
pany. who also rehearsed the ballet
s.
who was the Swanilde. surprised even her
'flnnds with her grace. and the same may
be said of Miss Margaret Burton as
.Coppelia and of Swanilda's S ballet support
Spectators yesterday afternoon admired
particularly the captivating charm radi-
etej by young woman at the extreme
right of the first line OF the ballet. She
vas Miss Martha Ottley. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. James II. Ottiey. Miss Dorothea
Darlington was the DIR. Coppelius. being
I.nderstudy for Mrs. B. Tappen Fairchild,
who was unable TO appear.
In the classic daintiness of the old fash
toned ballet dancer, as well as in the sim
alton of mechanical motion, Miss Taylor
Mas equally proficient. The second act In
fhe work shop of the dollmaker. was the
better of the two.
In the dances of the automatons the va
r-ious parts were taken as follows:-French
dolls. Miss Betsy Flagg and Miss Adelaide
Beddall: Scotch doll, Miss Charlotte *.
nemorest Chinese doll, Miss Dorothy
Lcsry; Indian doll. Miss Lillian L. Remsen
Harlequin doll, Miss Geraldine Hall, and
rierro doll. Miss Julia Stanley. The audi
ence called for repettons Of these spe-
cislty dances OF most Of the dolls.
There were other groups. Misses Doro-
thy Thompson. Carrie l.. Reick, Beatrice
Beard, Helen Trevor. Lillian j.. Remsen
Grace Talbot, Helen Johnson, Marie Jen-
ncy. Kathryn Slay ybach, Ethel ScheneIzel.
Jane Cleveland. Helen Schniewind, Martha
Ottley, Katherine Gossler, Virginia
Wright, Aline Tiedemann and Mollie Ian
caster were Polish dancers. Misses Edith
Smedberg, Alice Beers, Edna Hoyt, Helen
Culver Kerr, Marie Leary, Ada Heinze,
Helena Ogden. Virginia Sterry, Margaret
II sick. Pauline Bourne, Elizabeth Remsen,
Margaret Warren, Alice Hall and Evelyn
Walker were Russians Misses Adelaide
Be@dall, Edith McCoon, Allen Gray, Ma
rion Heller, Carolyn Dorsett and Helen
Wtberdins formed a group of Galician
village maidens.