ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 99, 23 October 1913, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

GENEE AND THE RUSSIAN DANCERS. As anticipated, there was an exceptionally strong demand for seats at the Drerfden yesterday morning, when the plans were opened for the Genee season, which romn.ences at the Opera House on Saturday evening, and before the box office closed nearly all the reserved area in the theatre for each performance was marked off. An interesting fact in connection with the entertainment is that the management carries a speciallyconstructed stage in addition to the elaborate scenery and costumes required for the ballets. It is made in sections, with a perfectly smooth surface, and is placed over the ordinary stage, extending from the footlights almost to the back wall of the theatre. For the first four nigljts of the season in Wellington the programme will include the famous two-act ballet "Coppelia," with Genee as the village beauty, Swanilda; Alexander Volinin as Franz, who falls in love with the mechanical doll ; and Jan Kawecki as the old toymaker. Tho Russian Imperial Ballet will also take part. "Les Sylphides," a classic ballet, danced to the music of Chopin, will form part of the first programme, in addition to a long series of dances by tho principals and the Russian dancers, grouped under the title of "Divertifls"ements." Commencing from Thursday evening, the tragic ballet "Arabian Nights " will take the place of "Les Sylphides," and new features will be introduced into the "Divertissements," including a delightful Polka Comique by Genee and Alexander Volinin.