Felix Cherniavsky - Maud Allan Australia Tour 1914

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Felix Cherniavsky - Maud Allan Australia Tour 1914

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49-7-14 MISS MAUD ALIAN . Accommodation at the King's Hall was , on Saturday night , fully occupied , when Miss Maud Allan and the Cherniarsky trio of musicians made their initial appear ance in Newcastle Miss Allan's dancing is not what dancing is ordinarily accepted to be . Hers is the expression of the theme of song and parable by the poetry of emo . tion . Wordless songs that musicians in terpret by their instruments Miss Allan interprets by dancing . Rather would it appeal to the uninitiated as gamboling , and sinuous use of the body and expressive motions of the arms . The beauty and the poetry of it grows on the observer . Miss Allan on Saturday night followed a Chopin valse , with an interpretation of Men delssohn's ' Spring Song , ” expressive of joy at the departure of winter , and a swinging , Hilting trifie of Schubert's , which to her is expressive 08 a child trespass..s on forbidden ground , and the resultant inpish joy . These three , which were bracketed in one appearance , were a foretaste of the greater things to follor . To the " Beautiful Blu Danube " Talse of Johann Strauss , the younger , This3 Allan depicted a water nymph aris ing from the water for a hour of free . dom , to join in the frolle with the land children The movement was impres sively poetical , and the frolic of the hour was keenly expressive of the unleashed spirit ; the facial accompaniments told of joy , surprise , shyness . culminating in dis appointinent at the call to leave her play . mates and return to her people . But re luctance to cbey passing , she becomes mo mentarily serene , and then with a mad whirl tho nymph sinks back into the Waters The interpretation was convinc ins artistry , ard a furore of applause broke forth at its conclusion , and floral favours were handed to Miss Allan . The artist's greatest triumph was , however , in the much discussed and daring " Vision of Salonc " The theme is Biblical , and con cerns the beheading of John the Baptist by Herod Antipas . Miss Allan gives the theme a stirring interpretation . Opening with easy , rhythmic cadences , the dancer warms in the pure abandonment and sen suousness of her dance , until having won her rewpid , she is struck with horror of the trophy , and fascinated , yet repelled . a supreme effort is exerted to put it from her . Her remorse then crumples her Spirit , ant casts her down . The weird cadences of the music , composed by Mar tel Remy , to which the theme is danced , the alternating humours , and the climax , carried the audience with them , and evok ed applause that lasted for sometime . Messrs . Leo . Jan , and Mischel Cherniaveky . who played the accompaniments for Miss Allan , also contributed materially to the programme with violin , ' cello , and piano . Each was master of his instrument , and their interpretations imparted rew Fiews to their numbers . They were each re . called several times after their solos , the secompaniment to which were mased by The Newcarble Herald , Australia Jul a 1914 9 a .

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