Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08
YOUNG KITTENS"
IL y ! STAR IN RECITAL
Miss Evelyn Davis Presents
eeo Students in Annual
Program.

seven very diminutive Washington
fans pretending to be kittens were the
hit of the evening when Evelyn Davis,
the young Washington dancer, presented
groups of students in her annual re-
eital at the Wardman Park Theater last
night. When the very smallest of these
human kittens carefully picked up a
tail that had become detached from the
costume of one of her companions and
gleefully carried it over to its owner in
the midts of the dance. the houseful of
parents and amused friends let out &
unanimous burst of laughter that was
astounding in its volume and complete
kpontaneity.
THE sound thoroughly startled the
helpful kitten and she scampered BASH
fully to the back of the stage. This
whole group, including Carolyn Clark,
Charlotte Davis, Shirley Ann EviSon,
Fiji Fisher Ann Parsons. Lorraine
Price and Katherine Walsh won honors,
not only as the smallest performers of
the evening, but because of their
obvious sincerity and complete abSorp-
ton in their dance interpretations. They
also appeared in Little Winds, Fairies
and an Elf Gypsy Child" danced
by Betty Van Sise), The Mermaid Who
Left the Sea" and Trolls of the Noun
btHiS. JULIUS WIZ dRPCdICu III SOlIlC
Of these numbers were Margery Brans-
combe, Jacqueline Embrey, Marjorie
Hart, Irma Mailman. Margaret He'll,
Ruth Hullings and EloiSe Snipes.
Older Students Dance.
Older students appeared in quaint
dances of the mauve period-the polka,
maZurka and schottiShe. Later the
same group gave dances of the twentieth
century and appeared to best advan-
tage in Study in Line" and "Locomo-
tive" both suggestive of the influence
Of the new German school of dance
with its combination of modern rhy-
thms. ideas and angular effects. This
group, which also gave Javanese, Rus
sian and peasant numbers. included
Betty Dupre Margaret He'll, Marcia
Miller. Kathleen Bland, Betty Burch,
Marjorie Burch, Ella Bergling, Hazel
Cardwell, Mary Anna Grogan, Ruth
Hartung. Gloria Sacasa, Jeanne and
Sara Bergling, Hilkka Brofeldt, Cora
Lancaster, Mary Ferro Rose Ferro
Elizabeth Jenkins and Elsie Moody, as
we'll as some above mentioned.
OF the present-day dances, Bur
lesque" and Circus" both won pro-
nounced applause for their originality
and cleverness of execution in an I'M
usual medium for such young dancers.
Florence Cady, Margaret and Mary
Colin. Jacqueline Embrey and Elsie
Smithson were the participants in
these numbers.
Miss Davis Appears.
Miss Davis herself appeared in sew
eral group selections and gave three
solo numbers. of which Sorrow" given
in three distinct divisions of 'Desola-
ton" Despair" and Resignation"
was the most unusual and remarkably
Impressive. It demonstrated a decided
gift for the infusion of character IN
the dance and also was modernistic in
design and execution. This was quite
the dominant event in the more serious
half Of the program. Another solo,
danced by Hilkka Brofeldt, a young
Finnish dancer living in Washington,
was original and we'll presented. 1t |
was entitled Nightmare" and. only, a
drum and the crash OF a cymbal were
used as musical accompaniment.
Full of dignity and charming in its |
conception was a presentation of Pa F.;
vane pour une Infante Defunte," by |
Ravel. presented by a group of the |
dancers as a memorial to a former |
member of their class, Mary Jane |
Clarke. H. F.