New-York tribune., 1922-08-22
Daaci'ag Masters again Here
rs Mourners for Dying Jazz
I. -structors In z Conven-
tons This Year Say Long
Skirt Mode Will Be Fatal
to Todeale and SIai1nrny

with the passing OF the Harper and
her short skirts, jazz Is about to suf-
Ter seasonal eclipse, IL the dancing
masters Of America have anything to
say about 1t. Til
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based on the mcasuYea aw mr. az M.
old-fashioned waltz.
Ins American National Association
OF Dancing Masters, meeting for its
irty-ninth annual convention. and
the International Association Of
Dancing Masters, holding it's twenty
ninth convention in the Comm odors
netel, VIII devote the greater part OF
this week to the introduction Of stems
which will prevail for the coming wear,
They include the tango fox trot. which
IS really the old tango with the side
long drag eliminated, and plain
waltz with slight variations. Mrs. Edna
H. passapae demonstrated the new
tango fox trot yesterday
Inc american association has more
than 800 members in convention and
! the international has ESQ. Among the
questions they will consider and pass
resolutions on this week are the Meth
odist ban on dancing, the amalgamation
OF both associations. stricter require
ments for dancing teachers before they
! greater dignity in dancing.
Two octogenarians who have at
tended the conventions here for years
predict revolution in dancing, or,
rather, reversion to its ieisurely.
more graceful form, where tight grips
and entangled postures will be an inn
possible breach on the ballroom floor.
They point out that long, tight skirts
will inevitably mean shorter dancing
steps and more graceful poses, with
less wriggling and twisting of the body.
They were forced to admit, however.
that another problem of ENHANCEMENT
arises with the long side loops and
tassels that sweep from the hip to the
floor in the dress of the moment.
Teacher, 81 Years Old. Attends
Major E. b. Gaynor, instructor Of
dancing at Culver Military Academy.
Indianapolis, is in his eighty-first year
and looks no more than sixty. One
lives long time by taking the proper
kind Of physical exercise and cultivat-
ing happy disposition, he says, add
ing that dancing is as good form of
exercise as any. He became so dis
gusted with the "vileness of dancing"
that he closed his own academy seven
years ago, he asid. Most of the blame
for vulgar postures belongs to the girl,
he charges.
New York is law in itself in so far
as dancing is concerned, Major Gaynor
said Here teachers are hard put to it
to invent steps intricate enough to
keep their pupils interested Much
has been done in Chicago and Western
cities toward improving the standards
Of dancing through committees which
have been appointed to visit the public
dancing places and also through the
wide display of pictures with the cor
rect dancing positions.
Major Gaynor severely condemned
the Methodist Church for its ban on
dancing, in spite of the fact that he is
q good Methodist himself.
81 most decidedly think the church
ought to eliminate the ban of 1872.
They are killing the interest Of their
own young people by taking this atti-
tude," he said.
Children are being drawn away from
the Methodist and Baptist Churches
because they are not allowed to dance.
The result is that the public dancing
hall becomes greater lure to them
than If they were allowed to dance in