The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 13, 1901, Page 3

TING- ITS EASY If the pupil has must learn the Jhe Legend of #Alma and | ffer Jroupe of &ducatea G e = O BOCHEY T oEtE T QUESTEN There is danger, however, i & :“?.?3' wing practice, for buck and wing ¢ 2 He is & — 2 v him the neces- 2 7 4 { The Ne T him as a pocket- /r ke nimal he was ¢ a level with / - { i er rees of the G & no pockets A = / s J) & Of DI \\\/ 3\ (fl\ ¢ 4 A & > -3 w o You MUST - e LooK AS IF YYoU WERE|}: hust pro- Theory is al t a teacher iclad rule of toe dancing Is, With this ercises mu knees ; exercises that seem im- A Cessmjio Toe Dancing. By Miss Ainna Shean. r leg on the table,” I say. ing,” cach youngster may and stretches, h edge u she gets. the le the table and eyes me triumphs “But you bent the kn I correc that's so. its @ ig upon the hip yin time. If as a pivot. She finds that it can't be old and dene the first time of ng, nor yet the next. Probably she does not succeed at all during that day except as 1 lift the leg for her or let her balance by leaning ght, leg upon me. 2 - She must keep on trying after the les- A who son is over. She may use some surf: ing all by itself, for it is a thing not nat- perhaps ends by sprawlinz. Little by lit lower than a table at first—a low) cha:r ural to any person. The weak little too tle she gains power to draw herself highen, or sofa. Grad she can raise the leg joints give out and go flop the instant and to balance an instant. The teaches higher, and after the result is once gained your whole body's Wweight is put upon must help her to do this; I let the pudil n just such a child it cannot be lost. them. place a hand on my shoulder and prop re danseuse. After the muscles are prepared and the The first lesson sounds more simple herself while she balances on the toes, is 10 teach the correct knees taught to be stiff, then the final than it is. The feet are drawn up in ths and after a while I move away from her The pupil places her training upon the toes begins. This is a position which is called the third in ordi- and let her try standing alone. There ws the bod long, slow process in most cases. Try to nary dancing lessons; the heel of one foot are many collapses on the way to success, stand upon your tiptoes for a second and is drawn against the side of the other. but when the ability to balance alone iy s with the arms to gain freedom you will realize this. Children are taught Now the pupil begins slowly to rise on gaired, the rest of the lessons move and grace of movement. The old law to walk about the schoolroom “on their the toes, still holding this position. Shs rapidly. requires loose joints and the knees arc atout bis clothing. He is kind and lends, which Delsarte and lus disciples have for toes,” as they say, but not on their tip- can’t go very high the first time before A few little steps are taken and these allowed to be as reckless as they please. for he is sorry for them in their arrested g0 long hammercd into us: “Control at toes by any means. This requires a train- she slips; if she has aimed too high, she finally develcd into a polka on the toes. Just the opposite is true cf toe dancing. so development. chest She must learn Jerks.