Trilby in Real Life.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 100, 2 May 1904, Page 3

Trilby in Real Life.

SUPERB DANCING BY A HYPNOTISED LADY* A MAGIC GIFT. The samnaralnilist ■da-.-v.r who has been causing such a sensation in Munich proves to be an even greater marvel than was at first supposed, recently stated the Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail. Du Maurier's Trilby, when hypnotised by Svengali, sang in a fashion that marked her as one of the greatest of vocalists. Her counterpart at Munich, when put into a hypnotic state, dunces divinely. This somnambulist dancer is the wife of a merchant, and her extraordinary performances have created a great stir. She is known as Mine. Madelaine. At first she would not consent to demonstrate her marvellous art publicly, but her discoverer and manager, Professor Emil llaguin, finally persuaded her to give three perl'urmances at the Royal playhouse of the Bavarian capital. it is now tolerably certain that after visiting' ISei*lin the wonderful dancer will appear in London. Painters and sculptors at Munich who have seen her graceful performances are simply enraptured with the perfection of her harmony of motion, while the world of fashion is also anxious to show its appreciation, and Mine. Madelaine is overwhelmed with invitations. The other day, while she was the guest of the Austro-HmUgarian Minister, Count Zicliv, she displayed her singular art before Prince Leopold and several other members of the Bavarian Royal House. She danced to a Symphony by Liszt and to Chopin's Funeral March.

POEMS IN GESTURE. She not only displayed "almost superb natural grace," us nn enthusiastic artist descrfbl/s it, lint l'.er dumb show also expressed the various emotions suggested liy the music—love, hale, desperation, tenderness and truiiiijiji—with such truthfulness that the spectators !"<>!( us though under the iniluenco of a magic power.

When performing Mme. Mndelaine wears a loose and lie-coming costume in the Grecian style, which tends to accentuate her beautiful ligure and graceful molions. WiTh a few passes of his hands, Professor Maguin first puts her to splc-ep. Iler eyes remain open, but seem to be turned inward. As soon as Professor von Thutte, a member of the Royal Musical Academy, who usually accompanies her, strikes a few chords on the piano, her body and face become animated by the rhythm, and she can then go on dancing for an hour. She recently appeared at a special performance before ft committee of German scientists,