Madam Lubovska as Rival to Pavlowa

Desiree Lubovska's National American ballet, showing at Poli's theater Friday afternoon in a benefit for the Joppa lodge, chapter No. 27, O.E.S., will go down in history of the few hundred theatergoers present as probably the greatest display or originality in dancing ever seen in Washington.

Interpreting nearly every mode of dance known, both in the Old World and the New, her ballet went across with a 100 per cent success. "Autumn," by Mme. Lubovska, rivals, without questions, anything that the immortal Pavlowa has shown in this country, both in rhythm and technique. The "Dance Analysis," something new in the way of exhibiting the principal points of esthetic dancing, was shown with the aid of special lighting and black sheets. The actual movements of the hands and feet separately, done like a slow movie, gave the audience an insight as to the real work in ballet dancing and was most artistic. The five dancers showed well their training under Mme. Lubovska.

From Greek suites to the sun dance of the Aztecs, the ballet was a capable, artistic and original as any troupe that has ever visited this city. Taking the early American dances, Lubovska's technique showed in the production her capability of combining the rhythm of the Old World dances with the music of the New, and achievement that has not been entirely successful in the past. The technique of the entire ballet promises a future that will soon be unrivaled.

M. Lubovska c. 1912.