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...Moines, Iowa, took stock of her unusual physical advantages and decided in favor of a theatrical career in New York. She persuaded her father, a retired Naval lieutenant named Ora who was also tired of Des Moines, to accompany her. Brunette and shapely, Heloise got a job as a dancer on Captain Kay Parsons' Show Boat, making nightly excursions on the Hudson River. Within two weeks she left Captain Parsons to join the chorus of Rudy Vallee's Revels of 1935 at the Hollywood Restaurant, a torrid Broadway hot-spot notable for its bare performers...
Under the guise of a meeting on "The Aesthetic Factor in Education", the 46th annual Conference of the Harvard Teachers' Association will be entertained Saturday afternoon by Pauline Chellis, well-known concert dancer, at Sanders Theater. Miss Chellis will feature a discussion lead by Dr. Payson Smith on the place of art in education. Although dancing is an innovation in the Association's policies, the "lecture demonstration" is expected to be of considerable value, since Miss Chellis is one of the "foremost educators" in the field of modern dance...
...David's emergency calls took him behind the scenes in the local theatre, where a German dancer had fallen, broken her wrist. He fixed her up as well as he could, thought no more about it. But on one of his weekly visits to a neighboring town he saw her again. This time she had tried to commit suicide. When she lost her job Dr. David took care of her, finally brought her home as governess for his little boy, who was very sensitive. Leni, for that was her name, was a great success with the little...
People were struck by the sparkling costumes, an ingenious unfolding backdrop, a big spidery web which the Prince had to rip aside to reach the Princess. The dancers were more energetic than exact. Russian Alexis Dolinoff, as Prince Désiré, was a worse dancer than U. S.-born Thomas Cannon (Prince-from-the-North). As the heroine, Miss Littlefield danced cleanly and classically...
Gahan has promised to continue his popular imitation of the nations's leading orchestras which proved so successful at the last Freshman dance. To the rivalry between Benny Goodman and Glen Gray for the dancer's faver, he will add some now and interesting imitations of Fletcher Henderson's band...