DANCE RECITAL

Evening Star, Issue 20052, 18 December 1928, Page 2

DANCE RECITAL

MISS LAPPAN'S PUPILS It is both .appropriate for the winding up oi a season and right iu the interests of the pupils and parents that teachers of the arts should hold exhibitions at the conclusion of the year’s work. The art of dancing is easily adaptable for an impressive display, and last night’s recital by the pupils of Miss Olive Lappan was well up to the standard of the displays given in previous years. . ' , , In nearly all the dancing academies big increases in the number of pupils have been recorded during the year. That is indicative of a deepening sense of appreciation (through competitions and recitals) by parents of the bodybuilding of classical dancing and the development in the children of appreciation of the beauty of movements of the body and limbs, synchronised with beautiful ballet music by famous composers. Classical work comprised the greater part of the dancing section of the recital, the jazzy style of ensemble, born of the modern age of syncopation, being kept completely in the background. As usual, the costuming of the was _ a pictorial delight, and the pleasing picture of dainty children prettily dressed was not blurred by ineffective dancing.

Altogether, Miss Lappau’s recital was highly creditable to the teacher, as well as to the pupils, and also to the parents for their enthusiasm in preparing the children for their stage appearance. The pupils of Mr J. P. Northey’s school of_ physical culture provided an entertaining and instructive act of acrobatics, in which the principal and Miss Tui Northey were prominent. • The programme was as follow*: Cornet solo, Miss Moreen Phillips; valse lento, Esma Morrison; dance militaire—Helen Young, Joan Young, Zoe Knight, Joyce Kitchem, Ronda and Natalie Crcagh; fancy step _ dance, Edna Agnew; recitations, Miss Tui Northey; pas de deux, Lalla Jeffs and Harold M'Auley; ballet classic, principals—Dulcie Rout, Esma Morrison, Muriel Brown, and Mona Campbell; comic song, Eddie Phillips; Spanish dance, Joan Young; pas de deux (fantastique), Mena Walker and Harold M'Auley; dramatic dance (‘The Slave’), Muriel Brown; Lucky Days—principal, Nancy Hamer; dancers—Letty Downes, Moreen Phillips. Lorraine Currie, Hilda La Hood, H. M'Aulep; Russian _ Beggar dance, Ruby Robinson; violin solo, Eddie Phillips; Eastern seen a, principals—Harold M'Auley, Veda M‘Kenzie, and the senior girls. Mrs A. J. Fulton was in charge of the music.