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PHOTOPLAYr?™PVIE MIRROR
Conducted by HOWARD SHARPE
You supply the partner and we do the rest — i.e., give you some simplified, easy directions for the Rhumba. Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball get you into the swing of things
PHOTC GRAPHS BY HYMAN FINK
IF you've ever seen the Dance of the Seven Veils done by a side-show Fatima or by a Maharajah's houri, you'll remember one thing especially: The feet didn't move very much at all. It was what the girl did with the rest of her that made it a dance.
Bearing that in mind — with, of course, proper modifications for a public American
Basic step: Count I — Boy steps left on left foot. Girl steps right on right
ment for St. Vitus dance, if not something worse.
To do the Son, alias the Rhumba de Los Estados Unidos:
Play a record of "The Peanut Vendor," because it's the greatest Rhumba ever written. Stand in starting position and wait until you hear the rhythm of the music.
It goes BOOM, two, throe.
dance floor — mix it with a variation of the old waltz step, serve with a LatinAnn >rican inflection — and you have the Rhumba. Or rather, you have the Son.
"The Sohn," Desi Arnaz pronounced it that afternoon when we took the pid ore
We had asked him if he would pose for Rhumba Illustrations with Lucille Ball, and he'd said he would be delighted. But the extremely lively routine Ih embarked upon looked anything but fa
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If you're the boy, Desi says:
Do—
Relax your knees. You dance with your shoulders, torso, hips and knees — especially when you rhumba. Keep your heels on the floor.
Hold your left hand high, even if it looks affected. Keep your girl at arm's length.
Don't—
Slump. No matter how relaxed you get, your posture nevertheless is "At Attention."
Don't dead-pan. The Rhumba isn't a funeral march — it's supposed to be fun.
Don't mince your steps, or dance stiff-legged.
Don't for one minute forget the Rhumba beat: Boom, two, three, four.
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you mean the way the Americans do it' That's the Sohn
So all right, here's how you do the Son, It may not be the Cuban Rhumba, bul if you tried the McCoy in public the way Desi did it. you'd summarily be given treat
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four — BOOM, two, three, four.
Only the first three counts are actually walking steps. The fourth is a pause in which the free foot is brought up to the foot holding the weight — simply brought up, without stepping on it. On the Pause, or "at ease" beat, if you are pausing on your right foot, you simultaneously give a little shrug with your right shoulder. When it's the left foot, it's the left shoulder.
No matter what you do — whether you pause for a few beats or whirl or do variations you must always hear (hose three counts and the pause that IS for your "at ease" movement and shoulder shrug. Count under your breath, if you have to (In interpreting the accompanying ground plan for
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