The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-17
BY ARTHUR MURRAY,
Written for SEA Service.


NEW STYLES in clothes. new
IN standards of feminine beauty.
new rhythm in music, new steps in
dances. That IS progress. That is
1881
Each of these is in itself an ez-
preston Of different phase of the
one art-the art Of living. All re-
fleet to some degree the same I'M
derlying currents of civilization.
Subtlety has been added TO life,
the obvious IS out Glamor and
romance are smart and they bring
back to the world a zest, an ex-
hilaration that the blunt yesterday
sadly lacked.
Dancing reflects all this Dane
ing has always been responsive to
changing times. There are twenty
or thirty outstanding new steps
The new fast music has not become
popular. Dreamy, slow music has
the hearts.
Collegians Decide Steps
But new steps adjust themselves
to get the greatest pleasure out OF
this tempo. They take a double
step to this slow music. The col
legiates are learning many steps to
interpret the syncopated second
beat rhythm that orchestras are
playing.
AS go Harvard. Princeton, Yale,
so goes the whole dancing world.
For it is the collegiate who decides
the fashions III dances. Dance
teachers. interpret the collegiate
not only to himself and his col
leagues. but to all Of America.
What the boys and girls are dane
ing in the foremost Eastern col
leges today. the rest Of the nation
is dancing tomorrow.
The tango is the dance of the
moment. Not the wild, unre-
strained tango of the Argentine
that the natives there dance with
such abandon, with such intricate
open steps.
It's a New Tango
Americans. travcli'77 abroad, have
seen and adopted as their own the
restrained. precise. elegant tango
steps that highly bred aristocrats
dance in Paris. They call it the
French or Partisan tango. But it is
merely the Argentine tango danced
IS the elegant r-70er classes there
dance it,
The waltz is very popular this
winter. Every other dance at some
parties is a waltz. But even the
waltz, with all its romance and
beauty, has gone. modern.
It has retained its grace and
charm and added an exhilaration
achieved by the addition of divers! =
fed steps. The old one-two-three-
turn waltz is too level and monoton-
Gus for today's generation.
Things must be interesting to be
smart. Therefore the waltz adds a
few side motions here. gentle,
short, quick step which turns the
girl all around while the man mere
ly pivots, an altogether new swing
or hold.
An Old Friend Beautified
Seeing it danced is like meeting
an old acquaintance who has come
back rejuvenated, beautiful and faS-
chatting.
Fox trots arc great favorites
this year, with many Of the waltz
variations plain steals from the
fox trot steps. But there are few
open steps. There is intricacy, there
is tremendous variety and original
ity, there is premium on ell indi-
viduality. But there is above all re-
straint and elegance.
The best dancers have a precision
in their steps that is workmanlike.
They have pride in the fine crafts
manShip and artistry of their steps.
Because of this, it is a winter
when women must learn the dances
quite as much as men. They should
know how to do ell the steps alone,
50 that they actually can dance with
a man rather than merely hold on
and let him bear the burden of re-
sponsibility for both.
Body Control Is Given
Grace, Self-relance, pleasure in
expression come through actually
knowing and dancing the new steps.
Perfect control Of the body. the feet.
the hands come through mastering
the steps.
! once this is done. the mind is
&timulated. There comes a mental
ertness that adds life and sparkle
the dance.
- The result is the kind of bril-
liant performance that makes of
each dance a real self expression.
IN artistic expression. a tremendous
Joy both to those who participate
end m th0ee who IOoL- On