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...second. When modern dance truly comes of age, perhaps it will stop staging demonstrations of technique--called "experiments in motion"--and concentrate on the art of dance. Sunday's performance showed many dancers in perfect control of their bodies but only two who danced, Joyce Trisler and Robert Cohan...
...Cohan once told a dance class at the Loeb that his most treasured compliment came from his young niece who ran up to him after a performance and told him Uncle Bob, I understood every word you said." One loses complete comprehension after childhood, but the beauty of Cohan's dance is still powerful and awesome; at the same time it is delightful. I have never seen a dancer change levels (move, for example, from an upright to a sitting position) with such sudden grace; guessing how he will rise to his feet again becomes an interesting game...
...have. Still others claim dead relatives, cats and dogs as dependents. Business deductions run a close second in disputes. This year the taxmen are keeping a closer eye than ever before on entertainment and travel deductions, and the Administration is seeking legislative repeal of the so-called "George M. Cohan rule." Deciding a tax suit filed against the free-spending Broadway actor, a court ruled in 1930 that the IRS had to accept his word that some entertainment deductions were part of his business, even though he could produce no receipts or records. The ruling has hampered the IRS ever...
Show of the Week (NBC. 10-11 p.m.). Pocket biography of George M. Cohan...
Among the stage highlights will be Douglas Moore's opera, "The Ballad of Baby Doe" (Thurs., Fri., Sat.); Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" (June 21, 23); a revival of George M. Cohan's "The Tavern" (June 22, 24); and "American Dances," a chronicle of America's contribution to the dance (all next week...