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Mary Long Hanlon has had the unusual distinction of appearing Q
` ygth the Denishawn Company at Carnegie Hall, New York City, in F
. 1927, in a special production of Gluck’s 'Orpheus’ under the Y
I direction of Eliza Findlay, in the same year, and was a member of
— the Fokine Ballet in l954. She has danced periodically with l
‘ Ted Shawn and his mon dancers since their first appearance in ,
_ Louisville in l955. Mary Hanlon has also appeared in joint 5
n recitals with Jacques Jalas. _,
» CRITICAL ESTIMATES
= Quoting from the Louisville Herald Post of October l6, ‘
1927: " Mary Long Hanlon, who is a graduate of the Denishawn it
School of Professional Dancing, New York City, is a dancer of .Q
_ distinction and a social favorite in Louisville." ‘ Q
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‘ I The Louisville Herald Post of January 25,1950 reviews a [i
' dance recital in which Mary Long Hanlon appeared prominently: i i
· ”One takes away from this dance recital by Mary Long Hanlon and E
the Anne Bullitt Brewer concert dancers an impression and a sense g
of innate loveliness. p ;
"And would one be guilty of parabole to suggest that Miss 5
H&nlon's personality is so fused and united with the satisfying T iv
freshness and originality of her dance interpretation as to convey i
4 the impression of a temple of loveliness? 5
‘ H Whether in music visualization, ballet or orientale —- the i
three parts into which the recital was divided -- Miss Hanlon's ;
interpretations were things of beauty and joy, of poetic intelli- [
SGHGG and pure grace of line and movement. There was peotry, too,
_ in Miss Hanlon’s hands and arms which are a harmonic and integral i
part of her dedications." :.
FTOH the Courier-Hournal of February 2l, l95l: U For the {F
S€G0nd and third parts of the program Miss Hanlon displayed those E
` Ch&I`&Cl3€I‘istics for which she is decidedly well lC[lCWll in LO1liSVill6,    
and her grace and charm were well directed toward the interpretations 3
I which she makes so pretty to watch. Evidently Kiss Hanlon loves to g
dance and one feels the joyous freedom of well directed muscles as {
‘ she moves to the tempo of any number. , {
_ “H€1‘ Versatility is undeniable and she is equally ef`f'eC’CiV€  
in b&llroom.numbers as in interpretative w0rk»” é
K In SPGB-king of the Eourth concert of the Louisville Civic p  
Art_S€?i€$» the Courier-Journal of February 2, 1952 says: " Miss ’ {
H8~¤V¤¤ was the bright and Shining star Or the evening. In any age I Q
· music is created by rhythm is the very soul of the dance. Kiss Q
U Hanlon has an instinctive sense of nmsical rhythm which governs all ,