DON COSSACK CHOIR

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 189, 27 August 1937, Page 13

DON COSSACK CHOIR

HASTINGS PERFORMANQE" TQ-NIGHT To-nigbt at tbe Municipal Tbeatre, beginning at 8 o'clock Messrs. J, and N. Tait, in associatiou witb M, Alexander Levitoif, will present for tbis oue occasion only, General PlatoiT's fameus and incoinparablg Don Oossack Cboir, wbicb is thrilling audiences tbrougbout New Zealuud by tbe maguificence pf its singing, and the amnzing work of tlie Russian dancers is a big feature of pvory perforjnanee. This baud of tbii'ty viril© singepg is under tbe conductorship of M. Nichols" Kostrukoff, wbq bas made of tbe fipe voiees at his eommand Pne great musieal iBPtrument, Tbe voiees of tbe cbcffr arg of iueredible range, Teaching tones as low as an meebanical organ, aud upper uotes of exceptional pitcb, , An extremely varied programme, cornprising secular items, ballads, soldier songs, comie numbers, singing dauces of tbe Caucasians and Don Cosaacks will be presented at tbis evening 's performance. An outstanding feature of tbe entertainment is tbe knife daneer, a young man called IvanofE, wbo performs the spirited movements of the Caucasian Cossacks, earrying twelve knives — in his mout/h and hands, on his cliin, his lips, and his shoulclers. This is an art that few dancers can lenrn. It is a family accomplishment, handed down from fatber to son in Caucasia, from one generation to pnother. Another attractive feature of tlie performance is the mnrvellous whirlwind dancing of the singers. - [Tbe box pianB are ftt F«iP«k