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BY ELSIE JANIS.
CopyriKht: 11S: By EUia Jacla
Ml leison this week is the Brazilian maiUi.
The first thing to do Is to learn to pronounca
ttia dance before yon dance it In Paris lart
summer it was beginning to be very popular,
but only with the expert dancers. The pub t. at larga
: ,was doing as I advise finding out the real nami of the
" darn thing. - Borne say Brazilian machiche, pro
noonced "ztaaheesh"; but the real rarisierrt sayi
. "maxize Bresilienne."
I saw all of the best of the maxixe dancers, and
.while at Deauville met one of the very best, whom 1
bad seen in Paris Louia Bayo (pronounced Byo). His
-dancing partner had not yet arrived roin Paris, and he
wrs rather maxixeless without her, so some of our party
wagered that I could not get up and dance the Bresi
lienne with him, never having tried it before. Co up I
dashed. It was in the afternoon, before the dancir time,
and we bad it :'J to ourielvej.
t I must say that I never enjoyed a dance more. Bayo
is a most wonderful leader, and any one could Canoe
' with him. All thorn successful tecchers liave a rery
. unusual idea for teaching dancing. I wish some one
. ..would start it over here. Bayo, for instance, bag a ver,
' nice house, and there at 5 o'clock be is nt borne. lie
. has good music, and it is a sort of tango club. People
. pay so much (having been invited to do to) to go in, and
then instead of giving regular lessons Bayo dances with
:. all the women.
They go there every afternoon, have a cup of tea, and
. perfect their tango by dancing with one of the best
, dancers in Paris. At the same time they tike a partner
. .With them, who watches Bayo's style, and soon this
, couple are taking tango prires. Quiti simple; and, inc;
. dentally, Bayo is tot starving to death for all are de
lighted to be invited tj pay over their hard earned cash.
Acrobatic But Graceful.
The Bresilionne maxiie never will rival the tango,
'--one-step, or waltz, in my opinion; it is too acrobatic
To dance it you, are really working quite hard. You
- frtart off like they used to in the old f ashi ned two-step,
taking two steps each way, but on the '-eels, with the
toe turned up. It sounds comic, but is really a very
gr.ii.iful dance.
Ths man's cheek rests against the girl's but don't
get excited: it is only for a moment As they turn from
side to side their heads turn also, so that on the second
two steps' they are practically looking back over their
shoulders. They do this step about four times each
nay; then they change positions to this extent: the girl
places her left arm behind her, meeting tbe man's left
around her waist The girl's rigat hand goes up over
r her bead, as in an old fashioned minuet, md ; je man's
right Band meets It Cp there, holding it by the very UpY"
of thf fingers; and they do the same two steps each
. way about four times. Then, retaining that position,
. - they go eight steps to the xight. as If they were doing
n old fashioned polka, and eight steps hack, turning
tbelr; faces to the left over their shouJsfcchanginB
feet at tbe end of the first eight and making a slight
pans, to do ao.
- -Atj,tb- finish of -th;;rt;lit;it4Bi,.comiht Wk to'the
left, ths man retafna his hold upon the girl's hands, but
ho turns In his hands so" Uiat her back is to him. Still
( holding his hand,' she pullr his left arm about her waist
(after yoo know the dance it Is not necessary to poll the
band there) and places her left band on top of it to held
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it there (also unnecessary after practice). Bis right
arm goes right out straight and hers rests right on top
of it, so that they are now iu one of the mrst graceful
positions in any dance. This change of position is very
pretty and wants to be done Quickly.
:r Life London Bridge.
Now, having accomplished the change of grip, you
start off around the lroom like a couple of Mds, taking
tho same two steps o each side about eight times ; or
if you like this step, which is lots f fun, do It as long
as you like it is Quite decent
The next step ii a little difficult, but I will endeavor
to simplify .it "$ much as possible and at the same time
keep toe grace in it After you have done that last
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now comes it the sten that they are already proclaim
ing as indecent, and I, who have a mother who is very
fussy about bow her angel child .dances, have danced
many times without feeling indecAt I may have looked
it, but think I would have been stopped by said lady
mother.
: Well anyway, this step can be very Vulgar, but not if
done this way: The man and girl stand about half a
foot apart,the bands in the same position s originally.
Tho man steps forward on the ieft foot (count one),
kicks'' right foot) out in front of bim (count three), and
kicks out with left foot (count four). '
It mleht be called the rocking-step. becauso in motion
AncJ UigM "ihe Oihevty&yt ftelaininQ it looks as if the. couple were rocking to and fro. Now
Cswa Hrt7i4-Q ' woman "teP" &omn on ter risnt 'oot M n,a
w,rnf J joiti .teps on bis left, throws ber left leg out behind her,
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step until you've ..enonghj' give the partner warning .nd ,u th, time one, two, right; one, two, left, atc-out MliIn(V
that the next step is due, and -then, go twkt sacb way Now "conies" tho big show. When you succeed in looking". " ' " " '
with the same two steps if and while you ars foing these nk, -1, btl&g9 WM falling down,' only you don't Music NeVf to Us.
steps keep on holding hands (that should be simple) and fcave any room for peopfe to pass between and aay T Thessare the five variations of tbe Br jrir.enne maxixe.
with the samt "grip lift tho arms right abovo the which they choose, dlamonda or rubies (them waa ths I feel sure 4hat you are wondering what sort; of rousie
headV.Uke a coupie4oi! kids playing Iondon bridgt.' chUdhood dayal), you break auddenly and go back to thii weird daac is dons to. And there lies tbo-real
It ii not m easy as it sounds, for remember you keen the original position. Do the first step four-times, and reason ,wbyr this dance- will not, at least for a few years,
be very popular in America. The music is different from
anything we have over here. I don't know anything that
sounds like it at all. It is Ttry foreign. If you beard
it played you would stop and listex Last summer tt
Narragansett Pier I gave tbe Jauslo for one of tbe beat
maxixes to, the Casino orchestra, and though no one knew
what it was there were about five requests a day for it
It is extremely thrilling.
"Amapa" is the name of the popular maxixe
in Paris today. It cannot be purchased in America yet,
but with all the people returning from Europe and many
bringing music home it will not oe lonj until we will
have it I may get very generous and give my orchestra
tion of it In the meantime any one who really wants
it can write to the publisher in Paris and have it in
side of three weeks. Write to Edouard Salabert, 22
Rue Chaunchat, Paris, and ask for "The ,Vrai Maxixa
Bresilienne Amapa." It is about one of tbe most at
tractive bits of music I have ever beard,
Dance Suited to Afternoon Gown.
Until we import tunes I mu"t suggest some substi
tute. The best I can think of at the moment would be
the " Maurice Tango," played half again as fast as it '.
written, or " Trea Moutcrde," played about half as fast
as it is written. Either one will dp. That seems baffling,
but try it Xou see, after all, the maxixe is very like
the old two-step, only over there they put a Spanish
bass (not fish) to it that makes it gr-randl
I can imagine that some people are wondering why I
had dancing pictures . taken in an afternoon costume and
bat, but there is a bit of romance connected with the
"reason why" (not by Mrs. Olyn). It is the duplicate
of a gown that I got in Paris and learned to dance tbe
maxixe in. Every afternoon a crovd of us would go to
one of those tea-dansants and dance until nearly dinner
time. Every 'one wore this type of dress, and found
them wonderful for the tango and maxixe, so I thought
it would be just as well to keep in the atmosphere of
the tea-dansant
In starting tbe maxixe and in all the steps remember,
that instead of putting your toes on the floor you put
your heel down. This does not bold good in the fourth
step, where tho girl's back is to the man and they, go
around the room. In this step you start off with tbe
heel on the ground, and then, of course, to cover space
and get around tbe room, you must go on your entire
foot In the fifth step it is also unnecessary to feature
the heel movement; in fact,. the pointing of the to la
the kicks is very essential, and one of the prettiest parts
of the step is when the man leans back and the girl for
ward they both mpt joint their toes
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. Lots of Fun Learning It
If this dance ever becomes popular it will afford a
great many chances for "getting eVen." Instead of aa '
we do now when hated rivals pass, coyly extending tbe
foot and tripping them, we will be able to get in front
of them and, while executing a perfectly legitimate atep,
kick them gently but firmly in the chest I may add
that when this dance comes into its own the' skirt of
today wul have to be slit k the back and a goodly
portion of accordion plaiting inserted therein. For any '
woman who attempts to maxixe in a smart, up to date,
;"trlp as ypu enter" skirt bad better 'practice' how ,to
tall into a graceful heap at borne before going to a dance.
Isn't it awful the way tbe man gets the best of it no,
I emuot suffragt always? - Skirts may come,, and.....
skirts , may go, but trousers,, go on forever at least I
hope they will kee? on " going on forever.
. The next on the program will be the hesitation waits,
a .most wonderful dance, which is stepplrg right along '
u a rival to the one-step. , , , ' .'
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