Evening star., 1950-05-28
Villain Of 'Brigodoon'
Finds 1t Wonderful
Dancer Jameson Explains Enduring Bloom
OF Fantasy After Four-Yeor Run
By Jay Cormody

By Jay cormody
that deemed the best qualified
in which Brgadoon exceptional Naturally
Jameson the dancer who speaks eloqueny for cher
the selected a "BrigadOon addict the
between the first sight OF it four seasons ago and its happy
appearance in Washington at the New Gayety
Jameson lean-ooking with lively mind
has this function down pat as his dancing and his
job Of keeping the musical astonngy pert In fact
wonder if it is not more Informative
the usual Of other types encountered more frequently
the ideal luncheon companion but this trade secret
interesting only to the newspaper trade
Mr. Jameson who not actually cast
"Brgadoon from the begnning has deathless aec
dancer he pleased that Agnes de Miles
dances are 50 vital part Of it as to be almost Its E very
formula From the beginning OF Beadoon they have
Nothing could be more agreeable dancer,
which Miss de Miles balets not exactly
heaergoers or critics notion
holding the bloom of youth that
Jameson is glad to confirm.
still rehearse regularly, he
There much Brgadoon to let it become stale as
slightly off, we go back to fundamentals doing
made important discoveries This may be hard to believe
it shows the costumes the performers who these stand
and ia and on their o toes the always o look
in the sag Of the costumes"
Mr.. Jameson by spirit
among the ga on. cast ca m Tho DANCES which Or.
important part fantasy better today than Miss
show in months must have this sharpness too At any rate
she made the which lot of critics have made namely
Virtually everything that has happened to him the musicals
dancing sarhe villain role incidentally has delighted Jameson
being of the three who went abroad for the
The English skeptcal Of Americans playing Scottish
fantasy he says and they were just as skepca OF the English
first performance when We were trumphanty in
that Brgadoon must be happy show from the inside
out which is to the performers must find joyful
will
TONED were not happy inside They had come through war
and usterity and while they technical vcto there
Some of them could not SMILE, Jameson
calls but their hopes for the musical in scared enough
that they happy by opening night They had occasion to
smile efortlessly for many night thereafter
one of top dancers of the hardest
working Of them all Jameson has theories about the art he
really fine dancers must be intelligent: 90
There's idea in places that talent, body
rigorous training all that needed"
ridiculous think there great dancer who also did
they tirelessly technique eloquent
art of pantomime he thinks it negen Of them to have other
the "Brigadoon" dancers join him in the feeling
One Of their major raxations producing act plays
act but to give outside interest,"
suspicion very long wrong Thirty
four members OF the signed up for the project and "a
repertory"
The remarkable coordination and development that show
in Jameson dancing the result of dancing being his
To the question engaged in any sports he had
another question: Why?
by that mean why should any work as hard
the large
and then undo much Of this work by developing
Jameson and he has
great deal of enthusiasm for their them
all and right studying them the
ready to the most stock of
dancers: Do you think MORA Shearer will be brilliant
dancer s4,rs.s as 1da5g Ma1gOt It. Fonteyn? a y
the Of high intelligence I mentioned"