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...schottische, polka and waltz. To be up-to-date the schools must teach the ballet, the toe-dance, the classical and acrobatic dance, the fox trot, one-step, two-step and waltz and the tap dance. Leading exponent of the latter is Billy Newsome, vaudevillian, onetime teacher for Ned Wayburn, Broadway showgirl trainer. The tap dance is in vogue. "Society," says Tapper Newsome, "is taking it up. I've tutored the Vanderbilts and the Astors and they love...
Efforts are being made to secure Ned Wayburn, one of the most famous Follies' coaches in New York. Mr. Wayburn has had a famous record as a successful chorus trainer and dancing-teacher. He also teaches a school in New York to train chorus girls...
Genuine weight, ponderosity even, is lent to this manifesto by the . explanatory information that Ned Wayburn, now turned impresario, is to be Miss Farrar's master of ceremonies. Mr. Wayburn is famed as chorus-master, inveterate, indefatigable scout and discoverer of twinkle-toed "ponies" and statuesque beauties for Mr. Ziegfeld's super-gorgeous Follies. He will introduce new and unusual lighting-effects, will, of course, reign as Tsar of the ballet...
...those who follow the theatre closely the fact that the production was personally staged by Mr. Ned Wayburn will be in itself a sufficient recommendation of a constantly diverting and colorful performance...