Felix Cherniavsky - News Clippings 1910s 2

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Felix Cherniavsky - News Clippings 1910s 2

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inusICAL MAUD ALLAN Now ig 16 An embodiment of grace and poetry of motion , Maud Allan won the admiration of her large Vol audience at the Royal Alexandra Theatre Oct ber 5th , in her manifestations of the varied ex- XI pressions of the dance . Her first number , in # illustration of Grieg's first Peer Gynt suite , was a beautiful exposition of her art . Her sugges tion of the awakening of nature at the birth of dawn in the first movement was thoroughly poetic , free from any excess of descriptiveness at the climax The tragedy of Ase's death was a poignant lament stilled at last in despair . The Anitra's dance was executed with delicacy of allurement and daintiness of execution . In the final number , “ In the Hall of the Mountain King , " she was also felicitous in her dance pour trayal of Peer Gynt's dread experience with the gnomes , a pourtrayal which combined fancy with restrained realism . In her other selections she succeeded in giving attractive contrast to the different movements . Her closing number was " Naer , the Slave , " a ballet d'action , music by Enrico Belpassi , in which she was assisted by five members of her company in the prominent parts . Here her art was more dramatic , love , jealousy and death being factors in the story , Miss Allan was delightfully accompanied by compact , little orchestra of refined quality , with Ernest Bloch , the Swiss composer , conducting . They were heard in selections of their owm .