Elektor May 2011 by Elektor

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Against the background of a parish workhouse, she led a chorus of broom girls who had brushed up their wardrobe for the occasion, and in ludi- Page 16 crous jumps in place of graceful bounds, "Our Mary Ann" gave evidence that she had learned to laugh at herself. In the burlesque operatic ballet extravaganza, the small, blue-eyed young ballerina who had worked so indefatigably over the years relaxed and poked fun at herself. Her growing maturity was evinced as her roles increased in variety. In New York she had supported Madame Lecomte in the first American performance of Robert-Le-Diable which introduced the cult of the supernatural against a Sicilian setting.

Barrows 178 9 The First Woman Admitted to Practice Before the United States Supreme Court: Belva Ann Lockwood 205 Page x Business & Industry 10 The First American Woman in the Iron Plate Rolling Industry: Rebecca W. Lukens 237 11 America's First Woman Stockbroker: Victoria C. Woodhull 251 12 An American Woman First in Textiles & Interior Decoration: Candace Wheeler 273 Notes on Sources 305 Index 387 Page xi ILLUSTRATIONS facing page El Bolerio, As Danced By Mss. M. A. Lee, And Mr. Hubbard 52 Title-Page Of Malaeska By Ann S.

Although he never appeared to understand English, he spoke, when he was obliged to speak, with a brogue. But whatever his ancestry or his tongue, he proved a useful teacher for Miss Lee, who under his guidance quickly learned Fanny Elssler's dances, from her sparkling version of the cachucha, provocative, abandoned, to the Spanish five-part bolero, noble and restrained, from the Russian smolenska to el jaleo de Jerez. She studied Elssler's handling of the castanets, her Crac- Page 14 ovienne costume of blue skirt, red boots and white jacket; above all she studied the techniques of dances as varied as the nations that had produced them.