THE WAVE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13745, 9 May 1908, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE WAVE.

.SOME NEW DANCES FOR 1903. Danxkiis will find much pleasure in the undulating movements of a new dance, which is graceful and continuous, like waves which pursue one another, hence its name, "La Vague," or the Wave. La Vague is suggested by the Boston, and is danced diagonally. The waltz is transformed into the Bos- . ton,' the Boston into a double Boston and a Canadian step, to which our preferences are given to-day. But it is necessary to know how to vary these distractions, man and woman being essentially changing, and it is fashion which picsides at these changes. The following description of the new donee is translated from the Paris journal, " Eemina." - At the beginning the couple place themselves diagonally, the lady turned towards the salon and glancing to the Let the gentleman with his back,turned to the centre of the salon. The gentleman advances while his partner recedes, the first stop, a very Jong one, counting one, two, three; the second step counting one, the point of the loot lightly touching the floor as long as possible from the rear to the front; these two*steps, imitating the movement of a wave, are completed by the two and three times of the. Boston. . 1; A half-turn is afterwards made by one Boston step turning to the right; then the dance begins again with the other foot and executes the half-turn, turning; this time ,to the left. The inspiriting music for this dance is composed by Maud d'Elphine. From other new creations let ijs select Esme, West Point, Polonaise Espagnole. The Polonaise Espagnole is danced by two couples, who place themselves face to face, the gentlemen on the right of the lady. ' The two couples take three steps forward and backward; afterwards the first of the couples pass under the joined and raised hands of their vis-a-vis, holding right hands in changing place; then they join left hands, again changing place; then they begin again with three steps forward and three backward. Then the other couple pass under the joined and raised hands of their vis-a-vis, then they give again the right hand in changing place, and finally they Boston with their vis-a-vis. • At every dance of the Polonaise one couple place themselves in front of a fresh couple, changing the lady as often as possible. /" - ■ , - The cotillon is one of the most educative and lively forms of the dance. It must be varied'; that is an essential condition. Here arc four unpublished figures'*.The Maltese Cross, Stars and Stripes, Casablanca, and Diabolo. Eight couples, one behind the other, form in walking a half-circle thence in the same, order they proceed to the opposite end of the salon, where the ladies are in a, row on the right; the gentlemen, also in a row, turn half round. Once placed, they cross, always keeping in a , row ; the gentlemen behind the ladies make- a halfcircle; they afterwards double the file in the same order/still crossing while making . a half-circle; once arrived, add a hist file, cross, and make a last half-turn, and meet on the same line; then they form themselves into a Maltese cross. Finally, the couple waltz round the room. Take eight pieces of ribbon, each of one yard, and of different shades. Each ribbon is cut in the middle and re-united to another of a different colour, so as to form eight different shades. The conductor of the dance takes eight ladies and eight gentlemen; he afterwards takes the ribbons to the centres, having taken care to hide the knot in his -closed hand. He offers one side of the ribbons to the gentlemen, the other to the ladies. Everybody takes the ribbons in the righthand, the .conductor raises his hand very high, all look at him in the same direction, and extend the hand to form a star of eight points. • ' • . At a given signal the dancer turns with the conductor; after two turns the conductor lets the ribbons fall, and the gentleman dances with the girl who finds herself at the end of the ribbons which he holds. ; .. You take a dozen sheets (you may double the number if you like), a dozen handkerchiefs, .: and a . dozen pillow-cases. A number of young people are taken into an apartment adjoining the salon. There each of them is draped in a sheet in the form of a hooded cloak. The pil-low-case, by inserting one corner into the other, is made into a sort of- cowl or hood, which is put on the head, then the young people re-enter the salon backwards (the music playing an Arabian air). You then place a numbered card on the back of each gentleman. Fifteen young girls are chosen. Each in turn must guess the name of a young man whom she believes that she knows, designating him 1 by. his number; and so on until nil have been recognised. You take a diabolo, to which you fix an inflated balloon at either side. The diabolo is given to the git-ip. i The dancing-room is divided by means i of a rope into two camp:-' —young, gwitle- • moil and ladies. The gentlemen are all j placed in a line. j The conductor gives three or four diai bolos (according to the size of the room) 1 to the young ladies, who at a given signal j throw them at the same time into the"opj posite camp. The dancer who is the first (■) break one of the. balloons dances with the. young lady who sent it.

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