The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 17

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Libby Starks and Kendrick Coy dance in the ballet company of Lilias Courtney, whose troupe gives performances in near-by cities. The company has a scholarship fund to aid able dancers. 5 v( fi ft 3 "A I MlliaillM I llll Wl. H' Tl'l I I Dancing in the town begins at an arly age, sometime at 6 years. more than enough ballroom pupils to go around.

Some pupils at one At cla, children not only learn to trip the light fantastic, but of Anne Bullitt Brewer's classes at the Louisville Country Club are make many friends. are many teachers in the city but there are Sally Clay, left; David Wood, Bert Shelley. Class is in afternoon. Ellen Irma Fianedy runs the Flanedy School of the Dance and Theatrical Arts. Her dancing classes include tap, ballroom, acrobatics, and chorus.

Some of the Flanedy Bluegrass chorines are Rosemary Beha, left; Doris Brown, Lucy Lee, Joan Trunnell, Anna Mary Alabanese. DA NCIN6 this city. Already this winter two major ballet companies have come to the Memorial Auditorium the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Joom Ballet, and on December 18, the Ballet Theatre will he here. These com panics dance to full houses. The tired bui nessman, perhaps with little ballet knowl edge, enjoys it just as much as the young would-be ballerina who recognizes every arabesque.

II I. I. A THE dance is certainly the liveliest of the arts in Louisville. It draws the greatest number of spectators and participants. Just go to any gay.

ppot on a Saturday night and you can see all ages and weights making the mot of the art. There are schools iri town that teach any kind of dancing you may hanker to learn? from tripping the light fantastic to mastering difficult classical ballet. IVine of the dancing teachers agree that business is booming, especially ballroom dancing, which all offer. There seems to be no ceiling on the ages of those ambitious to be skilled social dancers. The range is from 6 to 60.

Dancing's pop" larity among children may he explained lty the boy-meets-girl angle. As for the older-people wanting to cut a figure on vhe dance floor, the teachers say that's partly due to the war. Soldiers danced in U.S.O.'s all over the world and they liked it so much they want to keep up on the latest steps. Except for Jack and Sonia Momand, who recently opened the Arthur Murray sturlio, all the teachers have been here for years. Among them are Anne Bullitt Brewer, Lilias Courtney, Mary Long Hanlon, Frances Barrett, Ellen Irma Flanedy, Geneva Hose Gray, Arthur Lane, Wanda Cochran, and Ruby and Pearl Freiberg.

All have ballroom classes, but some teach other dancing as well tap, ballet, acrobatics. Ballet has a terrific audience appeal in ROUND THE TOWN i 4 S' fir' UUUW rrH 7 -ti Tf- --v-' w. fi MWIL tt U. U- liiMS Wi ll Girls go out to to attend the af(ernin dancing class of Frances Barrett. First coming through Conga-line arch.

Herman Winstead, Marion, Suzanne Smith; first in arch, Dick Hammack, Phyllis Payne. Lee Richard belongs to that large group that has decided to learn the latest dance steps being taught at many studios. Louellyn Chalmers is teacher. Henry Bickel, left; Kay IVunemacher, Jack Ballantine, and Nina Whitney are members of one of the older dance classes, which is called, the Cotillion Club. It is held at the Louisville Country Club, and it is taught by Mary Long Hanlon.

Three clubs were started last year and there is a waiting list..