Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-02-03
DANCE AS LANGUAGE

sway into figures Of the dance.
when dancers begin 70 move. the
service RIGGS 10 it, highest peak he
explained. Whore possibilities o.
voice end, dancing eins
These possibilities Of the dance are
neglected ia the West Churches
could use symbolic dances as vaiu-
able part Of the service Dancing wa
eucc 20 used. and theatre and church
,eiong together I DO not blame the
churches for dcnonncing the dance as
IS In popular gsc. But IN liz higtest
forms, az sincere art, & Is worthy OK
respect.
zone New York church last year
attempted use OF symbolic dancing ~
en- experiment, and [ believe even
tually the dance win be brought back
into favor as form Of Worship"
Mr. 1tow Is interested IN getting
recognition for tho universal quality
/ Of art. lie IL holding. as an expert
mont, Oriental entertainments in this
city with oriental artists ~ various
kinds on the program. His aim is 20
see II the American puslic Sc interest
ed IN learning from the East and Y 50
wants TO cooperate ~ tho work OK
making art international
An international Theatre.
If it is interested. he expects 20 work
10 have the nations establish inter-
national theatres and art galleries IN
their big cities Eastern painters
would exhibit ia this country, and our
painters would exhibit IN Europe ard
Asia.
The international theatre would alro
be a project for exchange % talent.
Mr.. Iiow advocates not just tho aD-
pearauce q foreigners who happen TO
! be in the country. He urges rather
that the highest class Of actors. dane
ers and musicians go from one coun-
, try 70 another to display their art
Details of this scheme arc no. az
worked out. The dancer. as Mr.. ftow
says. speaks an International Language.
SO, to a great extent, does the painter
land also the sculptor. musician AMI
, moving picture actor.
But when II comes 70 the SPEAKING
stage there arc serious limitations. IT,
Is practically impossible that . plav
E which depends on its lines % ten ifa
I story should Be Success in this
3 country ii presented IN japanese. saw
g or Russian. sarah Bernhardt. herald
= ed as the greatest actress Of her day
packs houses in this country. even
though she plays 70 her audiences iH
French. But she IS an isolated en-
o ception. And bcsides. she SPEAK.
: French. the popular foreign sanrusg
among Americans. and she speak
v very distinctly, 80 that people wh.
!" have a bit Of schooibook French Gns
a her comparatively easy 70 understand
.. How this handicap Of tongues IL q.
l. be overcome in the artistic neltin.
% pot, Mr.. Itow says be Is not yet sure
Nv Educated foreigners, however, ar,
4 more versatile than Arnerieans whe'
> lit comes to Languages M TOW him
=, self speaks number q language
!, to help him in travelling when eloqueu
:, gestures cannot always be made p
- produce tea or ace water. IL may b
: that we shall some day see Jspaues
,. rlays enacted in true Japanese styi
p by native artists. yet in the EngiiE
= language.
70 Mr.. Itow thinks that America shou.
have half a dozen international thea
Is tres. He knows Shaw. Yeats, Naeter
ie linck, Hauptmann and Tagore. an
IN says that they agree with him tia
Us artists are ready 70 unite IN spir
or OF brotherhood. Considering tho va,
ID. artistic population of America froi
We Provincetown 70 Greenwich Nilias
he and thence to all points west, Il seen
tn plausible that a spirit OF brotherhood
pie among the artists Of the world migl
nd indeed become q potent force.