Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
- ERPSICHORF, that most joy
Gus and least serious of the
muses.. holds chief interest

this week. Inc nrSI OF TIE lOIl8
series of local dance recitals opens
on the heels of the second en-
gagement here this season Of
Ruth st. Denis and her group OF
professional dancers from the
DeniShawn studios.
The dance programs complete
q week begun by a choral program
to be presented tomorrow by the
Rubinstein Club, who also bring a
violoncelliSt to Washington as
guest soloist for the first time.
The choral art has held conSid-
cradle place in programs during
the season closing. Much con-
tinuouS interest has been shown
by entirely new groups banding
together for the big Washington
Choral Festival Association pro-
gram presented at Epiphany
Church yesterday afternoon. A
small group from within that
chorus of $50 people appearing
In the program yesterday also
will present a feature of the pro-
gram on Music and Its Appreci-
alton" to be given Thursday night
at the Library Of Congress as part
of the twenty-f1rSt annual con-
vention Of the American Fedora
ton of Arts.
From earliest times singing and
dancing were the twin musical
arts native to human beings. In
StrumentS came later. It Is inter-
esting to note that Miss st. Denis,
VINO comes here Thursday, tried
the experiment Of improvising q
dance last Spring in the famous
Hollywood Bowl, while chorus
of $500 singers community
chorus-Sang Sir Arthur Sulli-
vans famous Lost Chord" Miss
st. Denis has been a strong advo-
cate of the cause of community
participation in both singing and
dancing. Even so, she seems to
have found this experience I'M
usually impressive, for she says
Of it:
"The effect was remarkably
thrilling. There are nuanceS and
fiexibility in the human voice that
no symphony orchestra can
achieve. I am eager to try it
again, but with composition Of
greater musical worth than The
Lost Chord"
Another event which was a de-
cided departure from ordinary
dance routine took place in the
Ojai Valley in California when
Miss st. Denis danced to the reci-
tation Of several Of the poems OF
Kfishnamurti, the youthful,
though noted, Hindu teacher. The
setting for this performance Is
said to have been especially beau
tiful, the action taking place be-
meath giant oak trees, with the
mountains forming majestic
background.
T lisa GARDINER and Paul
Tchernikoff, two of the most
progressive dancers in Washing
ton, are giving their annual re-
cital at Wardman Park Theater,
at which they will present some
examples of the new German
school of dance. Both dancers
visited Mary Wigman's famous
school in Dresden last Summer, as
well as other revolutionary Or
CARNATIONS In the art Of dancing
expressionistically.
There is mention of q special
congress Of the dance to be held
In Germany this Summer. Both
these Washington dancers are
sincerely interested in what the
new German school Is doing, but
they feel that only modified
adaptations will be logical for
bringing to this country. It is
probable neither will attend the
congress.
The geometric design style of
dancing which the German school
stresses will be shown Friday and
Saturday nights in a group pres
entation danced to one of the
clever little perpetual motion"
compositions of Poulenc. A nov
city in rhythmic complexities will
be given in "Gargoyles," ballet
by Debussy, in which the charac-
ter Of the Madonna will have her
particular rhythmic line; girls
representing stained glass win
dows will have a second rhyth-
mic design, and children masked
as the actual gargoyles will have
still a third definite and diStinc-
tive rhythmic plan for their in
OCL pICOdOtOIi.
Mr.. Tchernikoff will apply Ger
man methods to interpretations
of waltz from Richard Strauss
'Rosenkavalier," "DanSe Profane,"
by Debussy, an offertory from
Midnight Mass" by Cesar Franck
and March of the Priests" from
"Athalia," by Mendelssohn.
Other unusual numbers OF diff
ferent type entirely will be an old
fashioned polka, danced in bus
tle-style gown by Miss Gardiner;
an authentic Mexican dance by
Amelia Alfaro, daughter of the
Minister from Panama, and Be-
hemian polka by Smetana, danced
in the original Bohemian way.
Miss Gardiner also will do LES
ginka," a Cossack dance by Ru-
binstein.
QUITE a group of Washington
musicians and music lovers
are planning to attend the Bach
festival in Bethlehem, Pa, this
week end. This will be a special
anniversary year for the choir. 1t
was 80 years ago, on March n,
that the first Bach festival was
held. Statistics show that only 30
singers, all natives of Bethlehem,
were in that first choir festival.
This week end more than 300, who
come from 20 localities in the
United States to sing in this fes-
tival, will sing the program Fri
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