The Washington herald., 1921-11-19
PAVLOWA DANCES
LIKE SMOKE WlSP
BORNE ON BREEZE
But a Plot Detracts From
Beauty of Her
Work.

surely be, Bon jour and au re-
voir." She dropped into Washing
ton Thursday afternoon and now
she Is gone. And one can remem-
Der when she used to be generous
and stay a whole week.
The crisp peasant color and roll
licking gayety OF the Polish Wed
ding" gave 1t a slight edge" over
the other one-act ballet, "Amarilla"
and the seven shorter numbers that
composed the program at Polfs
yesterday. But II was in Anna
rilia", that We had a glimpse of
Pavlowa at her very best, dancing
IKE 'vagrant, smoky flame among
dry weeds-and also. regrettably,
Pavlowa at her worst, for Anna
rilla" calls for the histrionic talent
which the great dancer does not
possess in any marked degree. The
briefer numbers called forth fire.
quent bursts OF enthusiasm. Ap-
parently. the American audience
likes Its dancing in many small
doses rather than in several large
ones. Oddly enough, aside from
the reception given Pavlowa, the
cultivated audience her advent
called forth gave its heaviest ap-
piause to the joyous and agile
peasant mazurka Of the "Solish
wedding "-the one dance on the
program that. without prestige,
would have been a knockout" in a
Broadway show.
Bother the Plot.
In
gypsy dancers love for a count
Is disclosed amid a furry of flying
skirts and nimble heels The dane
ing Is so wonderful that one feels
SAD that the plot and consequent
acting had to be included. The
count. In especial, as played by NJ.
Warzinski, is surely the most
annoyingly effeminate cream-pufr
nooleman that ever strolled before
the footlights. But the Pavlowa.
as we said before. dances like a
wreath Of smoke on a -quickening
breeze
Another and more naive picture is
shown in the Polish Wedding"
FOSTERING village blades and light
rooted maids hold high carnival.
JUST as the marriage festivities get
uhuer way a large barrel OF plain
or ginger ale. we don't know which,
was rolled In. We are sorry to say
tnat quite portion of the intellec-
.ual faVlowa audience applauded the
barrel The exuberance and piuuan-
cy Of the numerous folk dances can
hardly be exaggerated. We have a
pleasant memory of the friskinp
little red and green boots OF the
village beauties.
Page Nijinsky.
The third section of the bill was
termed advertisements, and in
Guided seven numbers. Paylowa's
gavotte, inimitable as Il was. en-
countered a rival in En- Sourdine"
a dance by Hilda Butsova and Dom
browski, which embodied the lifting.
wistful lift of the Telam music that
accompanied II. The "Gopak." an
acrobstic dance by seven men, done
in the typical Russian style, was
well liked by the audience. as was
Novikiff's Pirate Dance" which we
disliked. we may as well admit it
frankly, because we can recall no
more extensive display of uninter-
esting cuticle and regrettably club
by masculine anatomy. Somehow
the best these male Russian dancers
can do for US is to rouse a wild
longing for Nijinsky, master Of
them all. who. it is said. still makes
beauty in the heart OF Red Russia
Several Greek numbers rounded out
the program, which was concluded
by a very intoxicated sort of "Bac-
chanale." by Pavlowa and Novikoff.
In finale, let US say that the Ballet
Russo is one of the most thoroughly
clothed dancing organizations ex-
tant. There is not a bare foot,
even. TO ne seen. and the Greek dan
GERS. besides being stockinged and
slippered, wore discreet high-cut
''undies" that counteracted any in
discretion OF their floating draper
les. Mr.. Ziegfeld really should OBJ
serve this example of costuming.
But. then. Florenz would never ap-
preciste IL.
NJ. II.