Shawn and his ensemble of men dancers

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AND HIS ENSEMBLE OF
MEN DANCERS

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TED SHAWN
AND HIS ENSEMBLE OF
MEN DANCERS

BARTON MUMAW
FRED HEARN
FRANK OVERLEES
FOSTER FITZ-SIMONS
WILBUR McCORMACK
JOHN DELMAR
DENNIS LANDERS
FRANK DELMAR

present
O, LIBERTAD!
AN AMERICAN SAGA IN THREE ACTS

Choreography by Ted Shawn   Music Composed by Jess Meeker

CHICAGO—

Herman Devries, in the Chicago American for March 8th wrote:
Shawn and his dancers returned to the Studebaker and as is their custom drew a full house to admire and applaud their new dance play 'O, Libertad!' Shawn has wrought the very best choreography that he has yet created and this American Saga affords Shawn and his disciples greater possibilities for demonstrating their perfectly worked out style of dance than any of their previous offerings. Eugene Stinson, in the Chicago News: He knows his public, and holds it in the hollow of his hand.


WASHINGTON, D. C.—

Nathan Weinberg, in the Washington Herald for March 16th:
'O, Libertad!' contains sufficient nutriment to serve for a whole new school of American Dance. Washington Evening Star: As thoroughly American as anything in the dance field today—exhilarating—as if it were life deified!


ST. LOUIS—

Harry Burke, in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, March 24th:
Beautiful, compelling, moving—an admirable criticism of life.  Drew rousing applause from the audience. Reed Hynds, in the St. Louis Star-Times: Applause indicated warm approval of this new departure.  The company improves every year.


LOS ANGELES—

Johanna Lawrence in the Los Angeles Evening News, April 5th:
SHAWN'S TROUPE PROVES ITS METTLE.  Ted Shawn is a splendid dancer, a brilliant choreographer, and an able teacher.  Furthermore, he has succeeded in bringing before incredulous eyes a dance form for men that is virile, masculine, exciting, and at the same time a significant art form.  Throughout this drama the fine sense of structure and sustained interest that characterizes Mr. Shawn's choreography was ever apparent. Los Angeles Examiner—SHAWN DANCERS SCORE TRIUMPH.  They were greeted with what L. E. Behymer declares to have been the noisiest welcome of the season.  A novel combination of athletic prowess and the dance art, contained a leavening of humor which gave fullest expression to what may be called the Americanism of the Shawn art.  Behind each of the numbers is an idealistic quality and a vivid imagination that gives the interpretations an unusually persuasive power.


SAN FRANCISCO—

Majory Fisher, in the San Francisco News, April 7th:
SHAWN DANCERS CHEERED.  It established a mood of exhilaration and elation that justified, in fact, necessitated the sheer physical exuberance in the dance.  One marvelled at the skill and attainments of these men who can out-leap and out-dance many of their famous Russian competitors. Alexander Fried, in the San Francisco Examiner: They accomplished the admirable feat of keeping a big audience absorbed, often amused, and sometimes deeply stirred.


VANCOUVER, B. C.—

Sun, April 16th, 1937:
Ted Shawn and his ensemble of men dancers inspired scenes of almost frenzied enthusiasm when they appeared at the Empress Theatre Thursday.  There is nothing quite like the presentation which they offer.  It is not only real entertainment of a most enjoyable nature, it is an inspirational experience.  Ted Shawn is definitely a creative artist.  There is a clarity in the interpretations which definitely conveys that which it is intended to portray.  It is not obviously so.  There is subtlety and finesse which allows for play of the imagination.  It was enthralling and the outburst of pent-up enthusiasm showed how completely the audience had been carried away by its dramatic intensity.


SEATTLE, WASH.—

Post Intelligencer, April 18th, 1937:
SHAWN'S ATHLETIC DANCERS SCORE.  Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers, an organization unique in conception and execution, and possibly the best-trained stage unit in the world, were accorded an ovation by a packed house at the Moore last night.  It was a notable ending to the dance series of the present season and was accounted by most of the regulars present, the best of them all.


TACOMA, WASH.—

Times, April 15th, 1937:
ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE AT CONCERT OF SHAWN.  For Ted Shawn's art we have no expression—we must create new words.  He reaches as high as the art of dancing enables us to reach, but he is beyond even that.  One of the most responsive and demonstrative audiences ever gathered in a Tacoma Auditorium gave praise and response to the entire program, with many curtain calls.  One of the highest triumphs of he season.


DENVER, COLO.—

Post, April 27th, 1937:
Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers came to Denver, Monday night, and demonstrated to a querulous audience that a group of male dancers can produce a recital of terpsichorean art as beautiful as a Colorado sunset, as interesting as a close-score baseball game—and as masculine as your favorite prizefighter.  Dancing by men is as old as humanity itself.  But the Shawn idea of touring the world with a group of male dancers is as new as tomorrow.  And—as those who saw the performance can tell you—it is an arresting idea.  Comments from the audience indicate that the next Denver appearance of the Shawn troupe will be greeted by overflowing audiences.


OAKLAND, CALIF.—

Tribune, April 7th, 1937:
SHAWN DANCES LINK BEAUTY AND HUMANITY.  Ted Shawn in his American Saga, 'O Libertad', which with his men dancers he played last night at Veterans Auditorium in San Francisco, showed himself again master of good 'Theatre' and good drama.  He has, too, a human approach to the dance.  Human beings in manifold situations form the basis of his choreography.  Sometimes they reflect a tragic mood, sometimes play, comedy, and again are satiric.  In 'O Libertad', Shawn has utilized authentic folklore: and on this he has created a truly great drama.  In fact, America srich in folk-lore; it is here for everyone to use; but Shawn is one of the few artists who have the vision to see its dramatic possibilities.


ANACONDA, MONT.—

Standard, April 23rd, 1937:
Applauded with superb enthusiasm, Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers won the admiration of a large crowd of Anacondans last night.  Spontaneous applause greeted the close of each number.  More than anything else the audience were made to realize that the dance in itself can be made virile; a thing of power through which men may express themselves.  Too often, ballet has been thought of only in terms of daintiness and grace.  Shawn demonstrated its possibilities as an athletic-rhythmic conquest.




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