Felix Cherniavsky - Maud Allan Australia Tour 1914

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Felix Cherniavsky - Maud Allan Australia Tour 1914

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EVENING STAR . EVENING STAR . DUNEDIN . 16 A8 1914 17 Apul DUNEDIN DU NEDIN ( NZD EVEN IN STAR . MISS MAUD ALLAN 16444 201414 re KING'S THEATRE . Pictures at the King's Theatre is a popular innovation . Heading this week's bill is the fine drama ' A Prisoner in the Harem , ' a dramatic story of love and peril in India . The programme is a strong one all round , and there are number of other capital pictures , notably * Pathe Gazette , ' Gagry , ' and A Day in a Sailor's Life . ' QUEEN'S THEATRE . The new programme contains a great attraction in the shape of a star comedy entitled Wiffles , His Mother's Darling , in which M. Prince plays the leading role . The whole 2,000ft of this film is full of laughter . The supporting films are well worth seeing . As this programme is for two days only we strongly adviso all picture - goers to see it . PLAZA PICTURES . The eight films which constitute the new programme are varied and attractive . The star picture , of four reels , is The Convict's Son . " The Guardian Angel ' ( drama ) , Fate - fashioned Letter ' ( drama ) , The Widow's Dog ' ( comedy ) , and three others are the supporting pictures . This programme will be shown at the usual hours . THE MAUD ALLAN SEASON . Miss Maud Allan will definitely make her final appearance in this City at His Majesty's to - morrow evening : She at tended a rehearsal this morning , and it was found that her muscular ailment had entirely disappeared . Under the circum stances , Miss Allan feels justified in say ing that she will be able to do all the dancing apportioned her to - morrow even ing Her items are : -Am Meer ' ( By the Sea ) , Schubert ; ' Little Birds , ' Grieg ; Tone Picture , Grieg ; " Moment Musical , Schubert ; Funeral March , Chopin ; Barcarolle ' ( from Tales of Hoffmann ' ) , Offenbach ; ' Nocturne ' ( Op . 15 , No. 2 ) , Chopin ; Norwegian Dance No. 2 , ' Grieg . The Cherniavskys will play Trio in D Minor , ' Arensky ; pianoforte solo ( Jan Cherniavsky ) , Hungarian Rhapsodie No. 6 , ' Liszt ; violin solo ( Leo Cherniavsky ) , ' Faust Fantasie , ' Wieniawsky ; ' cello solos ( Mischel Cherniavsky ) , Cantabile , ' ' C. Cui , Arlequin , ' Popper . All the music for Miss Allan will be played by the Cherniavskys . There is every indication of a crowded house , the box - plan lettings being unusually heavy . Miss Allan and the members of the concert company ap pear at Invercargill on Monday . Mr Edie advises from Wellington that the box plan for the season there , begin ning on the 27th inst . , was opened at 9 o'clock this morning , and in the first hour the sum of £ 100 was taken , which easily constitutes a record . & MISS MAUD ALLAN . EVENI ALESILL FINAL PERFORMANCE SATURDAY ! Inquiry of the management goes to show that the injury to Miss Maud Allan is not serinus , but had she not acted on the advice of her medical attendant and at once rested after the discovery that a muscle of the calf was strained , the pro babilities are that the consequences would have been awkward . Miss Allan has only once before met with a similar mishap . This was on the opening night of her Indian tour . It was in the first dance at Bombay , and rather than disappoint tha crowded audience the lady struggled through the programme , satisfying many demands for encores , but collapsing at the close of the performance from the pain she had undergone in the ordeal . The re sult was that the medical attendant who was called in forbade her to dance for a time , and six weeks ' enforced idleness fol lowed . The Calcutta season and the rest of the Far East engagements were carried out without interruption . Miss Allan had come here direct from Manila , and it is fair to assume that the long sea trip and the consequent absence of exercise had conduced to the muscles becoming laxed . At all events , it may be stated that the trouble is confined to muscular ailment . The following bulletin speaks for itself : Miss Maud Allan is under treatment for a muscular strain , sustained during her performance on Monday night , and for the present it is necessary that slie should rest .- ( Signed ) Frank Fitchett , M.D. Needlees to say that , in the face of her Bombay lesson , it would have been too risky for Miss Allan to disregard Dr Fitchett's advice . The rest has proved beneficial , and the classical dancer is pro gréssing most favorablv . For the farewell concert on Saturday night a most interest ing programme will be announced to morrow which will include Miss Allan's rendition of the harcarolle from ' The Tales of Hoffmann . ' The managemert asks us to state that owing to bookings already con . cluded it will be impossible to give any other performance than that of Saturday in this City THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII . ' On Monday night at the King's Theatre another big 7,000ft production in the shape of a pictorial adaptation of Lord Lytton's literary masterpiece " The Last Days of Pompeii ' will make its reappear . Ance in Dunedin . The picture is enjoy Ang a phenomenal success . Concerning the film the Auckland ' Star ' said : The story is one that is peculiarly ' suited to representation by motion photography , and the picture certainly makes the most of the opportunities . The scenic effects , the elaborate staging , and the unusually large number of actors engaged in the production indicate what really can be done in the world of cinematography , and make the picture undoubtedly one of the finest yet shown in Auckland . Ancient Roman life is resurrected amongst the actual ruins of Pompeii , and the wonder ful old city is shown in remarkably realistic fashion , with all its extravagant luxury and much of its wickedness . The struggle between the first Christians and the pagans , the love story of the beau tiful blind girl Nydia , the Roman circus , in which real lions and tigers make their appearance , and the many other features of the picture keep the story extremely interesting throughout the two hours which it occupies . The climax comes when Pompeii , in the midst of wild revelry , is overwhelmed and destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius . The big sensation is very well managed indeed , and so real is the volcanic disturbance that one cannot help wondering just how these things are done with the mere aid of a The picture is prove Avroudini ADDS TO HER SUCCESS . TVith dancers as demonstrators of Terpsi chore on tiptoe srerybody is more or less acquaint d , ' ut it is seldom that ordinary folk are ivon an opportunity to see the daughter of Jupiter and linemosyne dance as an inteif.eter of the glowing visions and changing mods of the souls of great musi cians . It has been claimed by men compe tent to speak with authority that Miss Maud Allan can with graceful movements so inter pret the dreams of genius and incarnate ecstasy and song . ' Tis a weighty claim , and che to excite curiosity So it was not sur prising that another large audience found pleasure and matter for thought last night in the second appearance of Miss Allan and her associates , Leo , Jan , and Mischel Cherniavsky , whose music greatly assists the dancer in her interpretation ofm that ? That is the question which teases the mind of the spectator , and intrudes upon one's enjoyment of the rhythinic movement and symphonious round . Of beauty and har mony all the time you have a full measure , but the measurement varies as regards your share of interpretation . Perhaps that is the fault of the individual spectator . Miss Allan's interpretation of music and the moods that find expression in music is not " a truth for all markets . " She may appeal , as every interpreter must , only to the elect . So one must be wary in confession and contention . We can all agree , however , that in words , color . sound , movement it is difficult to capture the elusive spirit and visualise the fiashing vision of poets . “ Who knows what is in a poet's mind ? The echo of the wind that was gone was there , and the sound of the rain and the movement and color of the fire , and something out of the earth and sea and sky , and great pitifulness and ten derness for women and children , and love of men and of birds and beasts , and of green lires that were to him not less wonderful and intimate . " Rather a tall order that for the interpreter , and taller still for interpretation through dancing In all probability Miss Allan makes no claini to dance inner dreams , but is content to express in charming move ment the old Hellenic love of beauty . It has been said that the supreme merit of the Greeks was that they knew and felt that beauty is the essence of life . In harmonious beauty Miss Allan's dancing has kinship with that merit . It is surely some thing to hare achieved that . A portion of the programme was a repeti . tion of part of Saturday night's , and con cerning it we need only affirm our first im pression , and eniphasise our praise of things deserving of commendation . Concerning ali hat was new , we have no hesitation in say ing that viss Allan and her associates pleased 21 imaginative minds and lovers of the heatiul . In the Peer Gynt suite- ( a ) Morn ang , b ) Ase's Death , ( c ) Anitra's Dance , and f ) Dance of the Gnomes ( Grieg ) -the famous dancer imaged beauty , and set before heavy eved consciousness a little of the dominion of dreams . Or the different sections , we liked best of all ' Anitra's Dance . It was charm ing . In The Dance of the Gnomes ' the inorements of the dancer rather strained . It seemed that at least some of the goomes were hornets . The wizardry of the suite was not all Miss Allan's . Hei varied movements , in their simplicity , grace , and weirdness , served to increase appreciation of the exquisite harmony , and lielp men to forget debt and the services of the under taker . And if one forgot the dancer and her gossamer draperies on occasions , why , it was then , and then only , that the interpretation Was true . There were movements and move ments , however , that made one very co ! scious of the teasing question as to interpre tation . The work of the Cherniavskys was exceilent . The company appear to - night with a new programme . 9 6 grace and 6 were camera . CT