Felix Cherniavsky - News Clippings 1910s 2

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Felix Cherniavsky - News Clippings 1910s 2

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14/12/16 MAUD ALLAN TO RESUME TOUR masiet Corner After Short But Triumphant Vaudeville Engagement , MAUD ALLAN OPENS / Dancer Will Appear Again Under Her Own Management TOUR AT ALBANY Maud Allan , the world famous synıphronic dancer , last , , Mus neuca al Introduces New Dance Play Palace Theatre , New York -- an engagement highly suc cessfui artistically and financially , the New York critics Mr. Bloch Offers Two Works declaring that Miss Allan's dances were more wonderful of His Own than ever , and the management of the Palace Theatre testifying that no other artist ever has brought so many ALBANY , N. Y. , Sept. 29. — Maud Allan , patrons to the shrine of vaudeville . It it a fact that not since Bernhardt's engagement at the Palace have such symphonic dancer , with Ernest Bloch , fashionable audiences been seen at this theatre . conductor - composer , and his orchestra of For two years the Palace Theatre had been trying to forty men , appeared in Harmanus secure Maud Allan , but the dancer had refused the flat Bleecker Hall last night in an interest- tering offers . However , the Palace wanted her and an ing program of poetic interpretation of accident to Miss Allan's foot , while appearing on her regular tour , necessitated her return to New York for music before an appreciative audience . treatment , and the time needed for the readjustment of The orchestra was the largest that has her schedule gave the Palace the opportunity to make her ever assisted at an event of the kind in a tremendous offer for a two weeks ' engagement . During Albany and its work was in harmony Miss Allan's stay at the Palace she presented “ Nair , the with the art of interpretative motion re Slare ” with her own company , and a number of her solo dances including “ The Vision of Salome , " " The Beauti vealed by the classic dancer . ful Blue Danube " and " Anitra's Dance " from the " Peer Miss Allan made her Abany début in Gynt " suite . She was assisted musically by Robert Braine , a series of dances illustrating the " Peer a young pianist ; Alberto Bachmann , the violin virtuoso , Gynt " Suite of Grieg , including “ Morn and Alfred Kastner , the harpist . Mr. Kastner played a solo between Miss Allan's dances , and the manner in ing , " " Ase's Death , " " Anitra's Dance " which each audience received his work showed how this and " Dance of the Gnomes . ” It was in beautiful instrument is appreciated when played by a the latter that the combination of all her master . Mr. Kastner made one of the decided hits of arts reached their summit . “ The Beau- Miss Allan's engagement . tiful Blue Danube " Waltz of Strauss Maud Allan will resume her road tour immediately gave Miss Allan opportunity to reveal after Christmas , playing as far west as the Pacific Coast , her superb grace and brought round after and returning through the Southwest and South to New round of applause . York . It is her intention now to make her big produc - 1 The dance - play , " Nair , the Slave , " was tion of Debussy's " Khamma ” in New York next spring . the big dramatic effort of the entertain- The designs for the " Khamma " posters and scenery by ment . It was a one - act pantomime , Edmund Dulac , the French artist , were recently exhibited much in the manner of the Russian bal- in this city by Martin Birnbaum , at the galleries of Scott let , and Miss Allan in the title rôle was and Fowles , and attracted a great deal of attention . assisted by a company of twenty dancers . The fire , tragedy , poetry and passion of the dance - play were more vividly inter preted by the dancing than would have been possible by the spoken word . Despite the fact it was the opening performance of the season for Miss Al lan and her company , everything went smoothly , but some delay was caused in starting the program , which caused a de nial of encores . Two musical poems , under the title of " Winter - Spring , " played by the orches tra , are the compositions of Conductor 9 14 و مانترال Bloch and proved very pleasing . Other orchestra numbers were the Rameau " Hippolyte et Aricie ” and the “ Suite Pastorale " of Chabrier .