RHYTHM AND MUSIC

Grey River Argus, 3 June 1937, Page 8

RHYTHM AND MUSIC

A BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF TALENT. The recital presented on Tuesday evening in the Town Hall by the pu. pils of the Miriam Trott School of Dancing was one of most outstanding of its kind yet presented in Greymouth. From the opening number to the finale, the acclamation of the huge audience was spontaneous and un. stinted and must have been.'pleasing to Miss Trott as well as heartening to the young artists. Every number was well presented and snappy, and dress, ing was on a lavish scale, the ensemble reaching professional standard. An interesting interlude was provided when a demonstration of the operatic requirements of the Royal Academy standards was given by six: young performers, indicating artistic sense of the dancers as well as showing the •nature of the training. It may be mentioned in passing that the exam, indtions by the Royal Academy now being held in the Dominion will become the hall mark for future dancers’ standing in the art. Several elever exhibitions of every, variety of tapdaubing were given by the. pupils showing the wide range of this popular type, Miss Trott being seen in a well danced soft shoe tap speciality. D'anee ensembles with refreshingly new ideas -precisely executed, gave piquance to the programme, and it. was easy to realise the term “poetry of motion” and apply it to Tuesday even, ing’s exhibition. Of the solo dances, Miss Valda May gave a brilliant tap number for which she was recalled. A Military dance by Joyce Dicken captivated the audience. “Cupid,” by Enid Duggan, aged four, was pretty, as was also a tap dance by Judith Ramage. A elev. er number loudly applauded and quite a new idea was the trio pf_ three legged sailors dancing a speciality nurribej. The little Dutch girls both in their hand play and dancing were good, while the Christchurch Express by six little girls was precis 3 and a true .representation of an express engine starting off. Pleasing .solo numbers were given by Doreen McCarthy, who amused th P audience with “Dancing with Mv Shadow”; “The Lily of Laguna,” by Maudie Williams; Cowboy sono- and' dance, by Bernice Roper. The juveniles were assisted by Misses Doreen Donovan and Gladys Higson, the former presenting “Pop goes your Heart” and the “Toymaker’s Dream, and the latter “Memories of Old' Ireland” and “Th e Shadow of a Rose both soloists being assisted by ballets and special stage settings. Mr. • Clark gave an excellent rendering ot “On the Road to Mandalay”. support, ed by an Eastern dance bv Miss Trott, ami 'her ballet. Elocutionary numbers given by M'ss Nance ami Mollv IBarrowman and her part}, added zest to the pregramme The opening number, introducing i - known song “San Francisco,” by M Doreen Donovan, was well staged, and grouping was fastef'uVy arranged with o-ood colour effect, while the finale, “Rock and Roll,” in which the company appeared in sailor costume made a fitting conclusion to an enjoyable entertainment. An orchestra under the charge of Mrs. King provided the incidental music and overtures adding to thp success of the performance. Fiom every angle the entertainment was <■- credit to those responsible for its Pinduetion and indicated onee again the talent possessed by the rising generation in GrevmouEi, the performers show.ng their pleasure in n n nnstakeab o w at “putting -over” their well practiced ance was enhanced by well yarned lio-htino- effects, which were ra the charge of Mr- Henry. .._