MAUD ALLAN OOMtNG.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2113, 2 April 1914, Page 3

MAUD ALLAN OOMtNG.

■Miss Maud Allan, the fenoUs Classical dander, will' appear' at the GfaM Opera House on April 2!, with I*6, Jan, and Mischel Chemia-vsfcyj and will,, it is said, astonish the- people *HJi lior rnarvellous dances. Miss AWaii says'in her book entitled.- "My Liie and Vaneing": "The youth of Gfeece were., as we havo seen, educated to the daiwo with a view to the exercise and training of their muscles. Chief among, those •exercises were tho Pyrriws aiicl the, Memphitic dances whifth were ftiilitary in their character, and of ivhidi tfe find countless represeiitefciaiis upon Greek and Etruscan vases aiid mural paintings. The l'yrrhis dance which lias been described in turn, by Xeiiopboh arta Apuleius was danced priwipally at tho festival, of tho Panathfeno.es i.u our of Minerva. Later- wo leactt , the feed and the thyrsus lo'ftk the. place of the weapons of war and ike tfajiee degenerated into a Bacchus tev-sl. The j Slemphitic dance wa3 equally wartika ill;! it's origin, but.'was dansed to tl» musfei of flutes. It was at this period in the history of daucifig that jt-s evolutions took on the earliest elements of pantomime, tho invention of which is attributed by .Cassiodorus to 011 ft Phfl&tian. But it must nof be imagined ihiit pantomime .was tinged at this tinie with, tho buffooneries which w.er& la-tar rt-3 leading characteristic, fln<l 'which letl to its ultimate degradation. The iiest pa-n----tomimes were called Blholog.ttds,. nieaning 'painters of manners.,' and IWW per* ifOrmances were . known as liypothestis. meaning' moralities." Fall particulars of'box plans and prices will bo announced later. . "

AMERICAN BUR&ESQCE CO. The news that the American Burlesque Company is to wave ths wa.nd that will throw open the doors «f the iioiv Grand Opera Hoiise to tfro ptiMio on Saturday week (April 11) will be read with interest by all playgoers. The public has been assured by many writers that tho new theatre is the most pafa-! tial playhonso in Aust-ralaskj ana fin that score there will be a lively interest manifested in the opening. This rfl be enhanced by the ftetts tfeifc\tlio American M\isical Burlesque Co.iiipa,ny has been, so signally sueSessfii.l in Australian centres in tlieir Musical plays, "A Day at the Races" and "Tha Grafters." The first'Majned play has 'been decided on for the spelling, ami as it is 'packed full of healthy fu.it aftd frolic, purveyed by a company of clever artists, tho event of Easter Saturday should bo an eyont in tie theatrical history of jthe city.

Y.M.C.A. CONCERT. A con&rt in aid of the Strangers' Tea Fund and the Gymnasium Fund of tte I Y.M.C.A. was held last- night,. A, varied and lengthy progKtthiito a{ musical and other items had. been. arranged, and the entertainment [ offered was very much appreciated by the very large svudieneo pre> 6ent. Musical arid elocutionary items were given by Miss Lulu Arnold, Sjiss Lissack, Miss E. Smith, Miss D, Wells, , Miss" L. Clater, arid Messrs. W. "ff. Goudie, F. R. Johnstonfr, and C. H. Stephens. A party g£ ladies ga«> au exhibition of club swinging, aiid gymnastic displays were given by a team from tho Y.M.C.A. Club;