"DANCING MAD."

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 664, 24 March 1923, Page 11

"DANCING MAD."

WORLD'S NEW STEPS. "The world is dancing mad and tho dances are becoming more simple, more beautiful, and very easy to learn," said Mrs Jennie Brennan, bal-let-mistress for J. C. Williamson, Ltd., who returned to Sydney the other day, after a tiip through France, England and America. Miss Brennan reached the South of France right at the- dancing season. "In the Riviera," said Miss Brennan, "the tango is most delightful and immensely popular. It is simple, beautiful, and has tho fewest _ possible steps. Anyone can loam it easily. There are splendid bands in all the smart places. "Waltzing is very popular again; but it is a new waltz. The old-fash-ioned waltz cannot come hack. Foxtrotting is also popular in France, FAMOUS FOX TROT.: "London is famous at the present time for its wonderful fox trots. Tho English fox trot is vastly different from tlie American and French. There is very little tangoing in London, but a great deal of waltzing and one-step-ping. The 'Camel Walk' is having a temporary vogue that will not last. The modern fox trots and tangos are most beautiful.

"In America fox trotting and tho 'Collegiate Walk' are the rage. The 'Collegiate Walk' is a charming movement used a lot in the fox trot. In the south of America there is a most vulgar dance—the 'Chicago'—which could not be taught here. There it is all the rage at present. It is the last word in ugliness and indecency. In Sydney and Melbourne freak dancing has never 'caught on,' so I do not think that tho 'Chicago' will be introduced to Australian dances,"-