THE DIRECTOIRE AND THE DANCE.
' A rather serious situation has.been'brought about' by\ Madame la Mode this season. While'there has boon a very marked deter- ; mination towards the revival of .dancing this' winter, fashion, 'having placed ■ woman in clinging gowns which, so to say, hold fast her knees, has actually rendered it difficult: to movo quickly. In consequence, waltzes and similar dances cannpt be engaged in with .0a5.0.7 , The' French' dancing-niastors have taken a serious -.view of the lhattor. Dross 'is too pieturesque'to be sacrificed; at '.the , same time dancing must bo encouraged,' so it has beeii decided" that very short steps .must be adopted,' and the tempo of all waltzes shall be reduced. Eerliaps this will ultimately bring about the:.oft-talked of revival, of 'stately "old dances;" '. *,"; . "'■'■" *
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 January 1909, Page 3
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