Felix Cherniavsky - Maud Allan Australia Tour 1914

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Felix Cherniavsky - Maud Allan Australia Tour 1914

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Perth Truth " bel . Talking of color schemes brings me to Maud Allan , who certainly does not spend " all " her screw in glad rags for her dances , or on the scenery around When the curtain rose . on Sat urday at His Majesty's for the dancer's frst appearance , the stage was draped In heavy art green velvet curtains , and the floor was covered with a felt in the same tone . In the middle of the stage was a prostrate heap of chiffon and bare feet . This heap , slowly rising , and waving white arms as the unseen music swelled out , in od 3 1914 Oct seen tor The fassup hѕ Clut Schubert's " Am Meer ( by the sea ) , evolved itself as Maud Allan , who pro ceeded not to dance , but to pose grace fully and to wave arms languidly , and to express in action the meaning of Schubert's " By the Sea . " The work was artistic , and the theme well car ried out , but it is not a thing to appeal to the great public as a whole , and the man who came to see a dancer twirl and turn with a minimum of drapery , would probably be disappointed , and , as I noticed two or three stallites did , would clear out to the bar many times during the performance . The mixture of classical dancing and classical mu sic would not appeal to all those who prefer " Hoop - La , " and become uneasy after a few turns . In Schubert's " Mo ments Musical , " Maud secured he greatest applause . The happy trip ping movements of the dance appealed to all , the joyous abandon was well expressed , and was the nearest at tempt to legitimate dancing we saw . Wonderful and beautiful was Chopin's " Marche Funebre , " though somewhat sombre in tone and expression for a theatre . The despairing attitude of the woman in her lone black and grey draperies when the muffled drums beat , and then her unlifted eyes and arms when the peals of hope in heaven ring out , and resignation takes the place of despair , was wholly a work of art , and the music beautifully rendered by the Cherniavsky brothers , had no small part in the success of the dance poem . ale The three curly - haired Russian mu sicians with the unpronounceable name , who played on Saturday night at His Majesty's Theatre with the Maud Allan Company , are simply de lightful , both as musicians and men . They have charming ways , and do not put put on " side " as so many musical genuises do Leo , the eldest of the trio , is an expert with the violin , and in the " Faust Fantasie " you could al most imagine you could hear the Devil tempting Gretchen so intelligently was the theme rendered . The young ar tist had to give the encore demanded . The work of Jan appealed to me the most , as the way that boy got music out of the Steinway on the stage was wonderful It was gay , sad , loud and soft by turns , and the marvellous exe cution and delicate touch when the notes came tripping out caused excited “ Bravos ! ” from musical enthusiasts in the house . The youngest of the broth ers , Mischel , plays the cello , and al though still a boy , has command over his instrument , and was well received , and had to respond to an encore . After playing of a trio , the broth ers were handed a trophy of the flags of the Allied Nations , the Russian flag , in their honor , ocupying pride of place . De