Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-13

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And they're generally up In the hills some
where. You never see them in the city The
caller had TO have personality he was most
important part Of what happened. II he lacked
the pep and the spark, the whole dance went.
Then, again. you have TO consider the increase
In pace Of the times. The average grOups Of
people gathered together today wouldn't take
the time 10 90 through the steps Of me. old
dances. They want to be up, stepping, and
down In their chairs again"
MANHATTAN Is never-ending course IN
everything. They pour IN TO watch tha
adagio dances Of the music shows, the tap and
routine dances Of the revue groups, the esthetic
dances Of the sol0istS and the adaptations Of
the metropolitan teachers. They stand about In
teddies," In athletic shorts In little lace frills
in boomers and in bathing suits They come
with ballet shoes and with wen heeled tap
boots
The influence Of the outdoor era tells plainly
upon scores Of them. Scores Of the teachers Of
the richer sets are going in for outdoor dane
ing In bigger and barer way. The sun bath
plus the dance has been one Of the most
profitable medium Of terpischorean instruction
IN the past few seasons. Groups are gathered
In quiet and sequestered spots Attired in little
more than nature gave them at birth, they
cAvort about under the trees Of Long Island
WOODSTOCK, Westport, or some Of the major
artistic colonies and acquire q healthy sun tan,
while getting exercise and achieving grace
The cult Of the acrobatic dance snapped
from the stage productions of Broadway, Is
growing It came with the Charleston and the
other fancy stepped dances, where thousands Of
rev YorkS society and near society women
got their instructions from Negro experts out
Of Harlem. One ex-hoofer from q Harlem
cabaret took over . stable where the 100 had
once kept their polo ponies and turned 1t into
. Charleston and black bottom emporium. He
coined fortune.
Perhaps the leading dance instructor In
New York today Is dapper and inventive Me-
gro. who seldom dances In public himself
Billy Pierce, who halls from Purcellville Va
Billy invents steps. yet his own dancing days
are about over. His leading students now star
IN dozen shows Of Broadway and his society
students star in their own particular circles.
The fact Is that youngsters and oldsters Of
today have not deserted the dancing school In
the smaller cities of the Nation, youth Is as
eager as ever to learn nifty steps for the proms
and hops. One Of the ablest veterans Of the
land, Henry Doring. Of Troy N Y, has been
teaching for 20 years.
And use the same hall today that / used
IN the old quadrille days." he boasts. Prof. Dor
ing. by the way, smiles at the suggestion Of
"goangs on" associated by many with the mod
eEn-day dance assemblies
They 60 home far earlier today than their
grandfathers and fathers did" And amazing
though It may seem, he has statistics to back
mp his statements There used to be weekly
dance which always lasted through the night
And they were always crowded. They talk
about hip masks and such today-weN, there
was always champagne handy then, II YOU
needed It to keep awake.
They call this the day Of dance and Jazz.
In those old days. there were rs many dances
instance. each Sunday q dance barge would