New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-25
THE WICCLY JAZZ DANCE is ON ITS

Az music and jazz dance steps arc on
-. vane Safety has signed their death
,,,,rant. 4 little while longer. perhsps, the
" ....ters" and the Observation-Disclosures will
-. and undulate their bodies in unison
'p ,.s svncopsted discoros Of the jazz fox
w. y. ,bs Chicago and the shimmy, but the end
"" .;,bt Already some dance orchestras
!" s,carded syncopation and saxophonc, and
's ~. thew are still playing fox-trots 10 the
Zion Of all else save for waltz now and
40 measure Of the time is such that the
.,,,oue contortions which Jazz inspires are
,,;ble The gliding smoothness Of the
- waltz Of old is the spirit Of the new
] n,..ro, music.
noe. the passing Of the jazz-born dance spel,
| and Of the dancing craze which began when
1 r..-on Castle set the nation, young and old,
\ ..s.steppng. Will the Dodworths and the
,r,ss again regain the prestige which was
=, when their academies were schools Of
4 ,.o,,mcrt and the stately bows and modest
.-.ses Of the minuet and the cour quadrlle
-. dancing course Of formal instruction
-,npsrs rather than the expression Of emo
% inspired my music!
vii the Lounge lizard and the Cabaret
,.-.5r fod I'd their razor-creaSed garments
| "A .,.al away 70 the underworld hsunts they
..-,orarilv abandoned? Will the large public
| 80 halls. the hotel tea. dinner and supper
,,.,,s and the after midnight dancing clubs
I. sor lack Of patronage? Will dancing again
.ome the exclusive prerogative Of the
- c,r,ration. while mother and father sigh
..,r,.fuy over the foX-trotting days in which
.,v dipped into the Fountain Of Youth?
Or will some new step be invented or an old
r,p he rcsiapted in which, because Of its sim
,s.,y the elders may become as proficient as
rev have in Jazz movements
Dancing teachers are predicting that tango
..p, will become popular ard The Tribune
London correspondent reports that "tame
,reo" and the old glide waltz are gradually
rrerseding all other dances in ballroom
,,srs When the one-stepping craze first
-r,rsi New York. in 1914. the tango and the
,s,.a waltz. the make and the Lulu Fardo
we're also laugh, - Castle House. the center
rom which through other dancing teachers.
re rev steps were chiefly disseminated. and
ts term tango" was wrongly applied. in the
ypular vernacular. 10 all these dances But
one became popular Acquiring the ability to
% tfem well required too much instruction
rd practice Moreover they are fitted only
r slender ana supple bodies. And If the true
nrgo were to be danced In public IN New
yuks presen, JAZZ dances in comparison
usld be an EpWroth League prayer meeting
en IL tho place Of its birth. South America.
- true tango Is not danced by the general
:sEc, beng SO inherently broad that ITS per
rusnce is allowed only by professional.
age dancers
High school fappers are taking up. however,
me tango steps and adapting them 10 the
I-irot and the tango foX-trot or simpler
I'm Of D., which was taught when the fox
-n first superseded the one-step They aree
.,ly soon 10 he seen crowding the Jazz fox
70. first superseded the one-step. They are
But time only will tel what is 70 become
e popular successor 10 the JAZZ steps or +