Felix Cherniavsky - News Clippings 1910s 2

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Felix Cherniavsky - News Clippings 1910s 2

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NEW ORIENTALBALLET a “ Nair ” Introduced by Dancer in Her Return - Ernest Bloch Wins Esteem caud Allan , the American symphonic dancer , returned to New York with her own company and her own orchestra , to give the first of a series of performances at the Forty - fourth Street Theater last Monday afternoon . Miss Allan has not been seen here since her last appearance at Carnegie Hall , some five or six years ago . In the interim she has toured the world , and will set out again on a tour of this continent after her brief stay in New York . Miss Allan has lost none of her charm or her suppleness , and has gained con siderably in interpretative power . Schu bert's " Moment Musical " and Mendels sohn's " Spring Song " were infused with new life , and were cordially received . The descriptive qualities of these com positions lend themselves more readily to the dancer's art than the Chopin pre ludes , which Miss Allan also included on her program . The novelty of the occa sion was an Oriental ballet , " Naïr , " story by Pietro Boldrini , and music by Enrico Bepassi . The scenery and costumes were designed by Kemp Prossor of London . In Miss Allan's company were Stafford Pemberton , Albert Tovell , Weldon Ross , Claire Macmillan , and Beatrice Maude . “ Naïr ” calls to mind “ Scheherazade , " ex cept that in this case the slave girl stabs her master . It is a leaf out of the Arabian Nights , and Miss Allan's pan t ne , together with the rich , Oriental in titure , created a perfect illusion . Miss Allan was most cordially received by devotees of the dancer's art , and she responded with several charming encores . Miss Allan had provided herself with an unusually excellent accompaniment . The orchestra , under the direction of Ernest Bloch , the eminent Swiss con ductor and composer , gave perfect sup port to the dancer and was heard in sev eral numbers of its own , among them Debussy's " Petite Suite , " Liadow's " Chants Populaires Russes " and Mr. Bloch's own " Hiver - Printemps , " a com position very closely resembling works of the modern French school . Mr. Bloch proved himself an authori tative conductor , with excellent taste and distinction in manner . The playing of the orchestra , a body over forty mu sicians , was excellent in every detail . Miss Allan was scheduled to repeat her performances on Tuesday , Thursday , and Friday afternoons , adding several new dances , and reviving her interpretation of “ Salomé . ” Oct. 21 , 1916 H. B. Dat

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