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They are* to be simple, sanitary and standardised.80 and no otherwise have decided the embattled dancing masters of America.These are the nine orthodo* dances for thl* country In the Immediate future:The National fox trot, the Congress one-stop, the fox trot tango, the march mill* titire, the globe trot, the exposition 1 waltz, the perlcon. the syncopated walk, the modem wait*.And here's a Up—the modern wait*, which le practically the regular” waltz of 10 years ago—will be the most popular dance during the coming Winter.That Is the prediction of Mrs Edna Rothard Passapae, the dancing teacher who demonstrated to masters from all over the United States the steps duly agreed upon as correct. The waits, almost unchanged, Is coming hack into great favor,*’ she declared. I believe It will be danced more than anything else next season.”And now pleaae tell me details of some of the new dances. I urged.“Well, there's the National fox trot, the standardized fox trot for next Winter,” she Instanced. The first movement consists of two steps and a waltz ......step forward, a^en two inore steps and | ^ antiseptic anjj aseptic!era, or even In different cities, will bo able to dance together. Thun the steps themselves will be simplified, so that the dancers may talk to their partners, instead of counting, and there may be more real enjoyment. Also, all the new dances will be absolutely modest anddiscreet.” »But in some of the Summer ballrooms the dancers have been revertingto turkey-trot. and bunny-hug positions, 1 objected,We call these dances 'the sharpshooters,* she shrugged. Nothing of the sort will be tolerated in reputable ballrooms’*There is even s new and more modest position for this season's dancers,” Interpolated L. E. Dare, another terpsl-rhorenn authority.This year the man's right arm, which encircles the girl, and per left arm. which rests on his will be held at shoulder height, a pose that keeps the bodies unusually far apart and preventsWitOtfftSSWM0 oe/ •*%»BACKdipping and lurching of the lame duck variety. Also, the man Is allowed to rest only his thumb and the tips of two fingers on the girl's back, Instead of the whole hand, as heretofore. Thus there is little danger of hie soiling her waist.” rl ;■ w?Dancing this winter will be something more than chemically pure; it willOvbymmKiQiCfrnrnm■a wait* step forward. Then com* four waltxing «lt;t*ps and two wa.lt* turns, two steps and two wait* turns, two steps forward, one wait* step and a change of weight. Next are four walking steps, bslance forward ar#l balance backward. Then com* the twinkle, a sort of hitch-eektek, tw’o canters forward and repeat, “The perlcon is really an exhibition dance,“ continued Mrs Passapa*. But when Hhe proceeded to demonstrate it I thought it seemed simple enough for any ordinary adept social dancer, It bejrfn* with four Https forward and a double stamp. Then there are wait* movements“And you think there will be no w*anSL- -r ,............ XT--........r-w HUH HiIn* In the popularity of the dance? IMS*mm'nmwm*be the syncopated walk. This Is doneto fox-trot time and consists simply of two walking and two running steps at-Inquired, to still certain cynical prompt-1 ternated, and taken forward, sidewaysinx*Absolutely nothing of the sort,” camethe reassuring chorus, People are more asked.or backward,”What Is the march mllltlre?” Ieager than ever for simple dances, which they can perform with ease and enjoyment. 'v.dk J2YFreat popularity Is promised for the one-step which, accordingly to Miss Maud Allan, has already filled the ballrooms with old men. because It Is soThat is rather like a folk-dsnce,” she explained, and will probsbly be used for exhibition purposes. It embodies various military movements, Including the bayonet charge, the salute and the army march.The globe trot Is a combination ofsimple and easy to perform. It will t various national steps. First comes thebe simpler than' ever, promised Mrs*5?, little kicks. The dance was orlgl-j Passapae, “and both waits and prosrre*-nnllv Brazil tan. It doesn t look compll- slve turns will be used in the standard-cated, but, as Mrs Passapae stopped toexplain, simplicity will be emphasisedIn all dancing this year.In the first place the dancing masters all over the country will teach the same steps, she said, so that personsIzed Congress one-step. What Is a progressive turn? One in which the body moves forward as the turn is made, Instead of swinging directly about, as In the old-fashioned turn.Another new and popular dance willHungarian polka, the regular polka step; then the Spanish draw, In which the entire foot Is drawn rather slowly across the floor; then the Chinese waddle, the shuffle step which Chinamen take In their heelless shoes: then the I Japanese toddle, the short, teetering step of the Japanese woman; finally, the I old-soldler step.There will be a revival of the tangothts Winter, and what bids to be the most popular modification of It la the fox trot tango, the tango danced to fov trot time. The first movement in this dance is the oortez step, then follows the media lunla, then the chaase, next the scissors, in which one foot Is crossed In front of the other, and lastthe promenade. Unitke most of thedances, this one will permit considerable Individual variation, and the movements may be combined according to the fancy of the leader.The exposition waits Is a combination of walking steps, canters and lain waltz steps. The main differenceetween the waits step of this and offormer seasons Is that It will be longer and more open this Winter. An. lndl cation of the growing popularity of the waltz Is the Fact that It Is now being danced to fox trot time.In dancing this year the knee must be ' kept straight, concluded Mrs Passapae, and all the work must be done with the foot. There must b-no dips, no, wriggles, no swaying, nobody movements of any kind. The tempo of the dsncea will be about the same as that of last year, hut the movements have been #0 simplified and coordinated that the dancing will appear to be alower, smoother and more graceful.”I
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Boston, Massachusetts, US
Fri, Sep 24, 1915
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