OLD FASHIONED DANCES.
WALTZ AND THE POLKA. [prom our own correspondent.] SYDNEY, May 26. Will the waltz, the polka, and the other old dances come into tfreir own again ? It is a question which is often discussed, but on which opinion is very divided. Of prominent figures in the world of entertainment of Sydney who have expressed interesting views on the question, the majority are of opinion that the popular * revival of tho old-fashioned dances, in this citv at all events, is only a remote possibility. Conspicuous among the minority is Miss Thirza Rodcers, the New Zealand dancer, who was with Pavlcva in Australia, and who has since been winning fresh honours on the Sydney stage Sho strongly tlie old dances, and savs she strongly conscious of a loss digni. y she twirls about in soma of. tl . s ®„ dances, especially the Chariest . ... slump in modern dancing w London is threatened, sSecting cablegrams, shows no sign of aSe g Sydney.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19658, 9 June 1927, Page 11
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