Felix Cherniavsky - Censorship, Dance, and Morality

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Felix Cherniavsky - Censorship, Dance, and Morality

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POLIOE NOT SHOOKED BY RUSSIAN DANCES Watch the Performance at Win . *** performance at the interneten ter Garden of Which Mayor Has Many Complaints . NY Times 1/7/11 pllil HE URGES FORCIBLE ACTION Te letter that brought forth Mayor aurer's comment follows : Hom T1111am J. Gaynor , City Hall , New York 1 : attended a few Anary . . ( an to an exhihition Russian dancing and I was surprised to in4 that a performance so lewd and dio . kustine with very little to redeem it . hriuld be allowed the privilege of public srcentation in this city . I had purchased trket , for Mrs. Chisolm to ro with me , but she was detained out of town , and I went with a friend . I hope that you have the power with you • Mayor to eliminate some of the dis . unting features of this exhinition , which hould not be allowed to continue in ita Dr * sent form . Yours truly . But Police Make No Arrests as Modl . This is the rest of the Mavor's reply : B OGDEX CHISOLM . fled Performance is Given - Mam OFFICE OF THE MAYOR . June 7 ) . 1911 . agers Will Be In Court Today . Dear Mr ( hienlm I thank you for your Teilor 1 have had numerous complaints hout this play , and I have instructed the Tolice Commissioner en interiore , and . 10 taka physical prosessin of the Mayor Gazno ;. In a faltaq o R. Ogden during the play and arrel chosen hisolm of a Beaver Street veslerday . kard in the indooring wh ! ch it exhibit *** . d phat he had instructed the pollo Thie can all be done under the law which : , the police and every citizen the right Commissioner to take phyniral porukan In ATI persons whom thay we committing rriminal offense There are > the stage of the B'inter Ganen and vrtain o . ri har wbo pre doing all they arra ! " those anxager in the inderencira okrate the stak . In this city I am sul hich 1 : Orhidita ' friendly around that the play is disgust . The Marr ' . letter Very truly youn . Kas in ropli ton communication from W J. GAYXOR , Mayor . M. ( hinnim . in * hich the latter called Sinyor Gaynor has already written Com The Riiselan ballets issioner Waldn meveral letters regarding les and disgyet . le play , and at the West Side Court this ( ternoon Morris ( ent . One of the man laut night there were mener of pollre of the Russian hallet . and Mr hai manager . will 16 the Winter Gamen , but th : bailets Anewer harrink them with being were not intertered with r'ani Butteind to indecent stake exhibitions ne he llest Footi nth Sireet Station irani in- zrmalar part ng the running on Te ene witnessin : the Aanone 104 pan . sonim , Iner , and He and that he ... n instruit to watch the per mre , and that he had had it under rillance for he could see nothing indmont.in the le nos wing Riian end that estar Phere was nothirs in 11 wuld int to injure the mornino con units Teputy Police Commis . e ka ras al present last night , 1. Tad no . * mment to make performanic the Cleopari lal . Inicht . 19 mar po notril masam . different from that aivan in the ning nahe ( ei'rude Hoffmann , in the word aan derar mora rinth . and the lature that was find of . 11. first had been climinated an . TAT ***