DANCING METHODS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1923, Page 2

DANCING METHODS.

A STRINGENT CRITICISM. AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. (Received this day at 8-30 n.m.) LONDON, Juno 19 At the annual conference of tho British Association of dancing teachers, the President said he wondered how much longer tho art of dancing was to bo prostituted. Young people were degraded and the country shocked by tho repeated tragedies duo to grauting dance licenses to fashionable hotels, restaurants and glittering wine palaces, with mad musicians whoso lack. of taste was only exceeded by those , whom they piped. . Social dance fune- Si tions must be purged of the vulgarities introduced by clubs, wine sellers and carnival organisers. Legitimate ballroom dancing did not require such meretricious aids ns balloons, toys and childish amusements. So-called subscription dances demanded stricter parental supervision and inquiry, or the return of tho chaperon would become a necessity. Simultaneously with the British dancing teachers protest comes the announcement that the International Congress at Paris failed to arrive at a simplification of the present methods. New dances offered for the stud} of experts include the “Frisco” which many declare adorable. Another O.eelio-Slovnkian dance which comprised of old and modern dances, is assured of success. Others are tho “.Mississippi,” which is a variation of the one step, originatng in Copenhagen, tho modern raise, and Riviera. It is certain the Jazz, Fox Trot, and Java Tango aro utterly out of date.