THE LIGHT FAIRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 199, 23 August 1937, Page 6

THE LIGHT FAIRY.

Tn reference to the '"Fairy" trademark oti your box of fairy li«lits. reprodu -ed in vour paper on Saturday Inst. I would like to point out that although tlio fairy appears rather huxom to our eye* it is quite obvious that the artist lias usp<l a ballerina for hi- model. Xo doubt ballerinas of that day affected tlie fashionable wasp-waisted fimire. but tlie buxom appearance is probably <iue to the style of dress, as a dancer's traininsr was ju'-t as arduous then as now. It is quite e\ident. however, that the arti-t has yone to the tiouble ot representing his dancer in a p»>-e which complies with the strict technique of ballet dancinT. thus producing a lijjure displaying lines of utmost "race and beaut v. This is in marked contrast to the representations of dangers produce 1 bv some modern commercial artists whose figures defy all laws of dancing technique and equilibrium. I have seen dancers in advertisements tceterin™ on turned-in toes and bent knees, their bodic- at

an impossible angle, the result l>ei 11 p «ufli "ient to make a dance*- shudder. 1 would suggest that artists who wi-h to depict dancers, if a living model is unobtainable, should study t'v photographs of classical dancers in an English publication on dancing. 1 am sure the resultwould be worth the trouble. DANCER.