DANCE RECITAL

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 49, 22 November 1920, Page 6

DANCE RECITAL

A DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT,

The "Rave the Children" Fund was considerably augmented on Satunhy Miss Dorothy Saunders's dance teciUl. in the Town Hall Concert Chamber being well attended. j The. recital *<» »"W fl by Miss Saunders in aid ct the mi . and she was assisted n Hie venture by Miss Ann Sullivan, Miss Eileen ClifToul, and the pupils of Miss Helen GardnTheir Excellencies Lord and Lad) Jell - coe extended their patronage to *ie rieital The programme presented v»* excellent. often in, the past Wive dance recitals been merely expositions; b> ohildren of steps they have been show-i. but in this instance the dancing generally was of a very high standard, mi I the artistic numbers reflocted\vory gie.it credit on the teachersconcerned. In bullets, and pas-soul, the pupils - s "'™ l ' l hem"lves bkh> talented and capable, and there were times when the applause nf the watchers was .more limn hear). The nresonce of a good orchnlr., u* Mr. F. Wolfgang, added to attiactivenoss of the -. items, and the babe, numbers especially gnve the orchestra greaopportunities. Of these numners, the ScarTcrow and the Polka Fan.lastimio Mote composed in the man, of .smaller children, were dai,,f,v »n* cli.rmiiic, to costuming- being remarkably line. "o Red Ma/.nrka. with which the on tori lament concluded, was an ambitious wn'l l,„t was very creditably per formed. Ihe only weak spot of the ballets »is ) Skipping Scona, which was colourk-.^ ,nl inartistic. Miss Beniiic Johnson /'"(-ves "'-ear Tor her terpsi,'i,nrenn nbWy as ffsplayed in her solo, thn waifs from the Copnelia Ballet., a Ark Hint always conjure? m> memories of Pavlova and Genee. The audience ivns'grcatlv impressed by this clever dancer. Miss Greening and Mr. J. Enowsley, in their danse imaginative. "Spanish Beggars." presented a hrigh interlude, displaying temperament and nbilitv. ?•"> Greening was fns"inatiiis in tho Nautch dance Hm "'""j !an»otir of the Eastern steps being well nortraved, and Hie arm work being, particularly graceful. A charming monologue; "The Boy and the Lion, was given by Miss Eileen Clifford, but the French 'monologue she gave was indistinctly and hurriedly performed. Miss •Tovcc" Julian was a decided favourite in her clever recitation, 'Trogcio lace. Other items were Riven bv Misses Jean M'Lav Fannv Hvman. Clara .NiclioHs, Sinclair Bree'n, Kate Simeloff, Thelma V'KV-nzio. Ngnire Phipeon. Kathleen White, .Tann M'Kenzie, Mnrv Cnnley. Mamie White. Eiln Linrdet, Edna I'iirdie, Dorothy Potter, and Messrs. Joe TCVnnedv. Jack Griffiths, and Pat Claire. Tho ballet dancers were-.-Misses F-ncc. Brown. Breen, Clnpsbnw. Cnlwell. l'.vatl (2) Fairrhild, Gillies. Griffiths, Gledhill (") Greening. Hales. .11 ey. Hymnn. Jnlmpnn Linrdet, Mnnluch, Macintyre. M'Lav M'Kcnzio. M'Gra.th. M'Cormaok. Nichnk (21. Nash. Potter, Soenser. Saunders (»). Smill'- Simploff. Tiller. Underwood White (2). Wilkie (2). Watt. Young (21. and Masters Griffiths. Wilkie, and Knowsley.A new. programme will ho presented this evening.