ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 7, 27 May 1914, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS.

MISS MAUD ALLAN, POETRY IN MOTION. Since the emotions of the human mind have always found some farm of expression, and because its emotion* are susceptible of impression as (be strings of a violin, there has always ■ham. some insbnumTCnt human fashioning to play on them, and: the oJdwt of those is dancing. Tine aa*t of dancing 'has been 'handed down to us f'rom the age» of tho Pharoahg, and hag degenerated into the light fantastic of the modern ballroom and' the crude abandonment k>f the ultra-modern, yot age-old tango. There still remain "artists who, by their subtle 'understanding, can convey to tho modern iniindi ail that tfc ancient dance conveyed to those who knew no other meanW of expressing their emotions or feeding those of ouhem* There are still those to whom- the poetry of motion is a real and living tiling. Mt&ud Allan is one of these, as she has shown the people off New Plymouth. The visit of this talented dsvncer has been looked forward to with considerable interest, as the crowded bouse which greeted her last night amply showed. It is doubtful, however, if anyone who had not seen her before could have put his. expectation's into concrete form. The realisation was a reflation in many senses and the enthusiasm of its reception was ummiatakablc. Maud Allan demonstrated to tho fullest ertent that classic dancing as it was the first, is still the moat telling expression of emotion and the nearest to natiurre. Her first appearance was in a series of four delineations, sorrow, despair, hope, and joy. To say that she represented 'them is but a baid and unconvincing statement with the air of versimilitude left out. An the dance opened, one saw a young and graceful figure, motionless and bowed boinre the towering (folds of background, quiet desolation, overpowering sorrow. She dances, land theje- is no ray of hope, no youthful gladness in her ' mKwemerct*, only a heart bowed'down and a. body answering its moods. Then, as the darkness deepens, comes despair, blank and abject. The dancer shows it and the audience feel it. Yet as one looks, seeing through the eyes of the dancer, a ray of light appara, so sickly (so it seems) that one fears to hatm* it lest it go And the young dancer welcomes it in fear, holds out her arms to it, kindles it, and noes it grow until she seems to bathe in it, and breathe new life. And yet tbore is no light there, only a girl, and a stage, and the poetry of motion. Then she sciaes it frnlihanded, rapturously she abandons her sorrow to its healing, and the dance is c-no swift transition, most striking by bhe depth of sorrow from which the iov has sprung. The "Spring Song" is in different veia Spring is a fair young girl, rejoicing in her youth, seeing with shy and wondering eyes the whole now world unfolding, and tasting nothing but gadnes.v Swift on its feela corn™ t L T* ***■**•" A darkened aUgo, a deep dauped figure. And rf tho sorrow of Maud Allen's tot was real nnd what of the awful solemnity of (bis? .%„ j a a woman sorrowing for h«r deaA She ■.young, and the sting is all the deeper. Iho dancer showe no sign of hope. All s All, and dark, and awesome, and the five ends. The mxt j, •■Nocturne" a dance wh,,h Bpcaks « mt „,/ / °* ffl °vcim>nt which rontfas aJ %£&■**,***?<>*« ! *<£ oep forest in winch night 'holds twav -mis, an<t a Moment Mn.|i ( . 3 r> .v. Wi.*t 'f«*«'.* JOT born V nll. ili- f ! at ° f the Since heir first appearance in New ?L outh tagm 01 . rea , he . r^A'a woidTfui \y A he h!mm,ni " 3 ™ a beautiful number which called for sympathetic interpretation. The vwk h. i \?' e violinist > was like that of ■ind the ton, he produced was full and ».sionatc 7n this trio Miss Allan as supporters who of themselves m»k« the entertainment worth while.

last night of roue Patrons are iranind'ed ** . ".', the Theatre Royal i» '', to-iught at opportunity ofV *Z° •>' vhe la r it tire that 4i 5 » „ Jlßg , thc 6'^ t " st PJ 6 ' world's fib.- 'T releawd "''*' ll ' p Jw .■' producers, "The U*t Bay* J- • iK l ll '' ™« Royal ISfilmc Coy. ijtsyve the greatest support for iutri>-'-uciag siith a film to New PhmonWules awl keeping ~„ we ]| U| j, t . O da(( , J1)( , .K'st films procurable. Nio do.jl>i, thii screening will draw a cr.ow,t«l bourne again to-night; the. box pin-, ji-jf, a healthy appearance, and pat-onr, ar» recommended to secure their sa i„ e «.rlv. The eruption of Vesuvius and the. fl-.e in.;' (»f the inhabitants to fin-l .-.lndler from the awful shower;, or fire, ii.re »reH "•orl'li the vi*il iilcue, and *?;>.,% from Mf-.-c llieie iwe numerous *:. : 'f ■<■;\h>.--which plenxe ::ie ;nti«tic eyr- .in.! sw.iv 'he eiiH.lious. ii-,,1 a s'.-wy /Veinalirig and deeply, inti'-rc'liiig. No om- will .ret'i'et having np-nl (lie cTetiin.'f ;if \\:- lioyal. arid ".nut p. can b.' book Vi „i <■..,.'

KM IMF! B ritTiMiK t'A.f Wli !'!'<)l] '' ' 1 1 ; i'/l c:l ! ;{ , !'; ! -I 'll •' "\cHiiv wi!! ,bc j)T. ■■ ! ! ;> N"V. f l'!Wi!u;;ilt .pill.'ii; i'oi Mit- ij ■ !]?;.■ I 1:: s;ij'pi)Vi inu. ! i:) n ii! t ir.i'i ti v IS !.i) :«* u vm-i mis • i Jtv '• \'i<-> /. • -. 1 V.\ > ;U'*n, A.H.V !. ;,i i:'l in' • iJ-i>>:> f i'-ns r • 1 -.1 : I'-j.i, tlirv wilt !)■■ v.vli r.'i. .. !. '■■■;- I'■ !-r- I'l ;ll {ito! >\ !■; ' i-: ; i.'. [v\,-ihur, •