The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-21
Dance Masters
lanNeW Steps

Prom tho Sew yor. fpss
No one Win frowu upon dancing
IL tho dancing masters are able TO
carry out the ambitious program
outlined l1at Vco& ut the couycu-
tlon ~ the international nssp,iuiipu.
Masters of pdu,.ng. ni the liotoi
McAlpiu Interest was conferred
around ldcns ior brif.t dancing tor
nation that loves 90 NOT pnuiDu
larry as am nrt but chiefly aF %
diversion IN, dancing masters ho.
Hcve that deeper appreciation ~
dancing should oAist ana rcdiizc mat
education alone can mako a puhll.
look upon 90 hS au art
Lengthy debates were held over
the present methods ~ uplifting
dancing Tho teachers have oudony
urcd uusu,o'wmlN Co enlist the
friendly aid ~ the clergy. lu fact.
thor oyoiiuroa to th, church only
br.ugh' upon them greater uppusi.
tiuu. they declare. lu the. can hope
FOR uu Immediate aid boo that quar-.
ter They have been loud 900 thci'
disappiuVIl ot the cAtromc dances
which have 'hriyrd with the public
W4IHl'ul lIl'l '.'lil'll ''.Iil'.IIN. NIl'l Ill'h
have issued t"nmv ul literature uu
dancing as % should be. An uucu
challenge 90 tho ,l"Jgymru NJ >rv
YORK 20 hpprur nt their luncheon
ana debate with them. had been iE
unrd. and propaganda has proved
slow In results
Tho dancing masters have dcoid
cd that they viii now ttN to- make
the teaching ot dancing such that
4. lst.V coll I.II I
To- practice new dances that have
not been endorsed by - recognized
body appointed FOR regulating dances
IN various dance halls ana places
of amuEcmcnt In fact, they want u
dance censorship. In Hhiladrlphin
dancing Is censored hy u cumblun-
tion dancing teacher ana police In
spcctur. Ever since she began teach
ing, Marguerite WalZ has been an
advocate OF dance censorship. and
when the shimmy and toddlc became
eo popular and oven more extreme
dances gave promise OF becoming
popular, she started an active cam
paiRn In Philadelphia against thcm
Her work among her pupils pud At
the municipal dances soon attracted
attention. ana she was appointed
dance censor by the mayor and given
fun police authority.
Miss Mal2 Is enthusiastic oyer tho
success ~ her undertaking and says
that the standard Of dancing IN
Philadelphia has been greatly chang
ed under this new supervision At
a recent municipal dance Miss Walz
said that out of 10000 people only
five were roprimHndcd, whore for
merly at such affairs many arrests
were made.
"Vulgarity IL the expression OF
the individual" said Miss Waltz,
"and II should be the purpose OF
the dancing teachers to no after
those who are degrading our work.
We should be able td control 1t so
that the ministers cannot Httac6 us.
or course. the present day music Is
greatly responsible fur immoral
dancing, and IL We wish to regulate
the dance halls We will have to cen
sor music AS well Tho oriental and
Hawaiian music and Jazz are sure
To stimulate the highly emotional
and then the exaggerated steps AZ"
the certain result
At the closing session yesterday n
committee was appointed to confer
with the committee appointed by
the opposing organization, the Amer
lean National association, with u
view to consolidating the two or
ganizations. THE two associations
realize they are working for exactly
the same ends said sylvester T..
Murray "and they both see that
they can more effectively work on,
their problems together. We hope to
be able to effect this consolidation
next summer, and, once the two or
ganiZntions are merged, we VIII then
begin an active campaign tor lcgis-
lation regulating the teaching of
dancing,
"Our plan as roughly outlined now
H. to have teachers college at
which every teacher must tnntrlc'
ulatc. this, of course, to he undci
some government supcrNlsiun W,
are quite as anxious as the public
10 eliminate bad dancing, but w'
have no protection now In rcgulAt
1ng teaching Under the present con
ditions any one who can get "a clas
together can teach, no matter whR
his training or experience may be
II VIC are to uplift dancing we mus
not allow such people to rcprcscn
themselves az qualified to teach
According to the decree ot tn
dancing teachers attending the con
Ncntion the dances FOR this winto
Will be the tango trot. the saunt"l
tho society walk and the Porshtn
wave. FuN-trot music IL still muCI
I'm favor, but any Jazz will he dis
Uouraged OuiCter, smoother step
are endorsed. In fact, there IL grcn
tendency 90 go back 10 the dance
Of long ago. and some OF the dele
gates even declared that We woul
soon he doing the old -fashionc
schottishchc and the polka.