Felix Cherniavsky - Correspondence with Dance Collection Danse 2

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Felix Cherniavsky - Correspondence with Dance Collection Danse 2

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For Release : July 20 , 1991 MCCLELLAND & STEWART , 481 UNIVERSITY AVENUE , SUITE 900 , TORONTO , ONT . , CANADA M5G 2E9 TELEX 06-218603 TELEPHONE ( 416 ) 598-1114 FAX ( 416 ) 598-7764 M S THE CANADIAN PUBLISHERS THE SALOME DANCER By Felix Cherniavsky A contemporary of Isadora Duncan , Loie Fuller , Mata Hari , and Ruth St. Denis , Maud Allan performed for royalty , influenced the works of leading composers , and artists , and won the admiration of millions around the world . Until now she has been one of Canada's best kept secrets . THE SALOME DANCER by Felix Cherniavsky is the first complete biography of this remarkable woman . It is based on extensive correspondence with family and friends and on her own diaries and writings . Born in Toronto in 1873 , Maud Allan's family moved to San Francisco when she was six . Her career as a pianist began very early and by the age of 13 she was playing piano in the city's most prominent homes . In 1895 on the advice of her instructor at San Francisco's Grand Academy of Music , she moved to Germany to complete her training as a concert pianist and that year was accepted to attend the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin . Soon after she arrived in Germany , her only sibling , Theo , to whom she was extremely close , was charged with the brutal murder of a woman in a San Francisco church . Over the three - year period in which the trials took place , Maud was kept fully apprised of her brother's plight through family correspondence and newspapers . Theo was convicted and ultimately executed for what was called " The Crime of the Century " , and Maud's life was changed forever . ABOUT BOOKS & AUTHORS Maud gave up her career as a pianist to become a dancer , although she had had no formal training Her dances were musically inspired dramatic interpretations and her self - made and scanty costumes were scandalous for their time . She debuted at the Theatre Hall of Vienna's Conservatory of Music in 1903 , under the guidance of Marcel Remy , her first manager / agent . Remy later composed the score for Maud's most famous dance , The Vision of Salome , first performed in 1906 . This performance also billed two other dancers , Ruth St. Denis and Mata Hari . In September of 1907 she danced privately for King Edward VII at the Marienbad spa , now in Czechoslovakia , paving her way into the limelight of the London arts community . Impressario Alfred Butts ( later the debut manager of Anna Pavlova , Maurice Chevalier , and Fred and Adele Astaire ) presented her as one of his " discoveries " in 1908. The apex of her career was in March of that year , when at the age of 35 , she debuted at The Palace Theatre of Varieties in London . For eighteen months she remained in the spotlight , idolized by critics and a darling of society . On - stage Maud held her audience in a state of rapture while empitomizing , off - stage , the elegance and grace of the Edwardian ethos . She was even befriended by Herbert Asquith ( who became prime minister of Britain in 1908 ) , and his wife , Margot , who took her under their wing and introduced her to prominent politicians and visiting dignitaries . over )