Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 31, 18 December 1917 — Page 10

The Newest Furore of the "Natural Dancing" Enthu

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Remarkably, Statuesque Transit on tie Rail of a Roof. By Barbara Craydon '

i KB devotees of the sew "natur- or pi.:, or pliia or near roofs. The

al" dancing being driven ' from outlook for oao New York school ha3

been the spacus of Central Park, for another the reaches ! of Riverside

beeu willing, it seems, to yield the drive, wh;e a third group ventured

Photos by ?ct. Photu .Vews, Inc.

call of the open. They have daaced

ia. tho snowit is tho boast of all who have followed Lady Coastaace Richardson that barefoot daacias in

ures one to any weather or climate

to a tower ia- tho heart of the business dis.tr.ct ia ca eyrie to which the roar of the conuaercial caayoas rose inspiring.

Xot only the barefoot dancers, '

coadlUoaa but plainly this is a those young woaaoa ' of the : social

mere spectacular adventure. More reasonable, surely, was the ascent to the roof where the laspira-

world who believe that "natural" ex

cuses everyfform of artistic adventure, but dancers devoted to all sorts

tion of the sky remains, and a warm of historical and musical "iaterpredressias room may be near at hand, tations," have added picturesqueness

It Is not unreasonable to suppose.

either, that in this age of flying,

to the lad. Lubowska was induced to give her fairy dance for a group of

there should be a thrill In seeming to enthusiastic amateurs on a Fifth aveget nearer the clouds for those ex- nue roof. Do you wonder that skates,

Daring Steps Helped by an Electric Light Wire.

pressions of beauty to action which or horseback, or a mere ballroom

the natural dancing aims to express

and to satisfy.

At all events, la New York and

seem tame to sprites who taste the ; excitements of adventures like these? mechanically. High spirited (and Incidentally, making photographs of high bodied) dancers are not piw tn

other cities dancing classes have roof dancing is an "outdoor sport" manage in a given range. You and been Invading not merely the spaces that often passes from the pictur- I might prefer both sorts of art under of the roofs, but challenging the esque to the perilous. It is not only conditions more nearly conventional, parapets that overtook big stretches difficult artistically, but hazardous . Yet the results are surely novel! A Dancing Class on the Edge of a Roof Overlooking Central Park.

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