"DANCE OF THE VEIL."
LATEST NOVELTY IN PAKIS ■ BALLROOMS. The fickle have tired already pf the cake-walk, and, in their revolt against what they now denounce as "American, choreography and the contortions of redskins 111 delirium," lovers of the gavotte iknd minuet bail with enthusiasm a new and charming dance entitled tbe ' dance of the veil." . \ . In _■ poetic description of tula novelty the "Gaulois" says '■?—" Imagine a young girl with folds of muslin which look like diaphanous wings attached to the right and s left of ber ball corsage. The material ad-' hering to the costume is taken in the hands, which give! to it the movements barmonisiug with the dance, and -completing dt by a kind of supple and delightful co-operation. The dancer seems to glide forward, pushed along by the. little white , wings, and the luminous spangles on the dress, forming as it were a' milky way,, send back rays of light, leirvmg .behrnd tbem a train bf gold and fire. ... . v - vV - "It is a slow and noble dance, with tbe majesty of the waltz and tbe harmony of j pose." " • j
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7702, 11 May 1903, Page 2
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