NEW RUSSIAN DANCE.
SUBSTITUTE FOR CHARLESTON THE GRACE OF A PISTON. •' Machine," the new Russian national dance, composed to order by a special Commission of Soviet pedagogues and dancing mastors as a substitute for tho Charleston, is looked upon with favour whenever danced in Berlin. It is even prophesied that a modified " Machine " may be the next world-craze in this technical age. While arm 3, hands, and body copy as naturally as possible the graceful movements of a piston, legs and feet stamp out tho rhythmic beats of » hammer. It is stated that the youth, male anc female, of the Soviet Workers' Club sio enthusiastic about it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19660, 11 June 1927, Page 11
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