Downzast magazine Sept 1971 BALLET ALBERTINE SUMMER A LBERTINE Summer Dance Workshop at Bar Harbor just wound up its twentieth season with a public performance, the proceeds of which estab- lished another scholarship for a young Maine dancer. One of this year's group - Robert Monteux, grandson of Pierre Monteux - was at the Albertine School on a partial scholarship from Maine State Ballet. Two other Maine residents - Pat Westphal from Cranberry Isles and Janice Lahti from Bar Harbor - also had benefit of the intensive dance training at the Albertine School this year. It is the avowed purpose of Albertine, one of the nation's foremost teachers of the art of dance, to promote the development of ballet as an outstanding cultural accomplishment in the State of Maine. Everyone connected with Albertine is a dance en- thusiast, as one has to be to get into the Albertine School at all. Albertine herself, a diminutive bundle of seemingly inexhaustible and graceful vigor, sets the pace for a strenuous summer program that, she cheer- fully admits, "is far from a vacationtime idyll." Nevertheless, most of the twenty-four students in this summer's group seemed to find it so, judging from the joyous babble at Callander House, the his- toric mansion in which both staff and students live as a disciplined but informal family group. Our visit happened to be on a Saturday and just after lunch- Above - Dance pupil Cindy Maddux rehearses while fellow students watch. Below - she receives instruction in classical ballet from Madame Hilda Butsova. Balance, grace and control are taught classes of both boys and girls, under rigid discipline and intensive training at the Albertine Summer Dance Workshop, now in its twentieth year at Bar Harbor. 52 AT BAR HARBOR By Isabel Currier Photos by George Daniell DANCE WORKSHOP time, and the promise of an afternoon outing at the beach probably added to the relaxed atmosphere. But one young lady, making a special request, had to be told firmly that she couldn't practice dance movements by herself during rest period from 1:15 to 2:30 p.m. "You've been dancing all morning and your body needs the rest; you also need the relaxation at the beach." The daily rest period is considered as important as the balance of the day's schedule, which begins at a rising time of 7 each morning with classes, following breakfast, until noon. Two afternoon dance classes occupy the time between 3 and 5:15. Evenings some- times are free between 7 and 9, but frequently are de- voted to a dance forum or some supplementary pro- gram, such as a course given by Robert H. Newall in music appreciation. "Anyone who comes to us for in- tensive dance training has to accept force feeding with culture as a part of that training," said Albertine, who frequently demonstrates that she is witty as well as wise. Albertine, who never has used other than her first name professionally, is known in private life as Mrs. Boyd Maxwell. She first came to Maine in 1950 "through a happy accident." The brother-and-sister team of Eve and Jack Latour had a summer ballet school in Sedgwick. When Eve Latour asked Albertine, At left and upper right - Albertine Maxwell at her Bar Harbor "cottage," Callander House, where she lives and teaches eight weeks each summer, training young people in the art of ballet, as above. 53 Below - Boyd Maxwell, known as "Father," is a re- whose ballet school in Nashville, Tennessee - estab- tired caterer who serves as chef to his wife's workshop lished ten years earlier - always was closed for the family, preparing nourishing, well balanced meals. summer, if she would join the teaching staff at Sedg- wick that summer, "I jumped at the chance. Maine was a new and stimulating experience, and its con- quest of me was complete after I took a group of students from Sedgwick to see the ocean at Bar Harbor." At Bar Harbor a poster announcing a dance pro- gram of Angeola Sartorio's at the Y caught Albertine's attention, "So, naturally, I charged over there. Next thing I knew, I found myself signing up to teach in Angeola's school at Hull's Cove the following summer." And when that season came, Albertine found im- mediate involvement at Bar Harbor with many of the best-known musicians, writers, painters and designers of the contemporary world. It was a stimulating at- mosphere for anyone dedicated to the arts. As Sergei Diaghilev, the great Russian ballet producer and choreographer, who, with his dance group, used to spend summers at Bar Harbor, had found before her, Albertine soon realized that she had chosen a singularly healthy and inspiring place for serious dance training. After her first year of teaching at Bar Harbor, Al- bertine assumed management of the Hull's Cove Dance School - in reality the Hull's Cove community house, "which has a magnificent floor for dancing." Classes of the Albertine School still are held at Hull's Cove, and for fifteen years or more, she and her staff found living quarters nearby and placed their students in boarding houses or private homes as best they 54 could. It was a confusing and unsatisfactory arrange- ment, "but no real estate agent seemed interested in for at least thirty-one years - the length of time since selling us anything that would make a dance studio." her school in Nashville was established. In 1968, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell purchased an 18th Less inclined to talk about her own achievements century style English manor house, that had been than those of other dancers, it took direct questions to built around 1890 by the Livingstone family, directly learn that she began to dance seriously at about the connected with the famous explorer who, after being age of twelve. (She favors the earlier age of five for lost in Africa, was found by Sir Henry Stanley and starting youngsters in ballet in her own schools: greeted as "Dr. Livingstone, I presume." The name of "Whether or not the individual is aimed towards danc- Callander House is cherished particularly by Albertine, ing as a career, early training in the dance develops who chanced to read in an historical novel based on grace, coordination and all-around physical fitness the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, that the Livingstone far better than any athletic training is likely to do.") ancestry had included one John Callander, befriender At an early age Albertine danced with the Chicago of the tragic queen. "It pleases my romantic streak to Civic Opera and Ballet Company and eventually be- bring Callander back into intimate association with came a professional Spanish dancer. Her training in the ghosts of Livingstone," she says. Spanish dance was under Jose Alvarez. She had studied The "cottage," as it doubtless always has been under Edna McRae and also with Mordkin, but her known in Bar Harbor, is a mansion consisting of over present methods of teaching were influenced greatly by twenty rooms and seven or eight baths, which serve Adolph Bolm, under whose direction she studied for the "family" at the Albertine Summer Dance Work- seven years. She concurs with Bolm's belief that the shop very nicely as sumptuous living quarters in su- synthesis of various forms is the essence of the total perbly wooded grounds and with spectacular views art of dance. Hence, Albertine's own students are of the sea. trained in Spanish dance for flair, classical ballet for technique, and Hindu dance for expressiveness. From the beginning of her schools, Albertine has seen to it B ORN in Chicago, Albertine is a five-feet-tall dy- that the best teachers available in each dance form namo, whose blonde agelessness in appearance have shared their knowledge with all of her students. may be owing partially to her Swedish-American par- Felia Doubrovska, a great name in ballet, has been ents. Another quality of agelessness is found in her sparkling, flowingly humorous ease of personality. A a teacher at Albertine's Bar Harbor Workshop. For the past six years Madame Hilda Butsova, once a stranger would judge her to be a sophisticated young member of Anna Pavlova's company and also re- woman in the early thirties, but the fact remains that nowned as a tireless and painstaking teacher, has in- Albertine has been a distinguished teacher of ballet (Continued on page 79) 55 BALLET AT BAR HARBOR (Continued from page 55) structed in the classical form of ballet, expounding Portland House both the traditional and the Russian with equal skill. George Zoritch, a great dancer in the Ballet Russe, is a highly respected teacher in the Albertine School. Sukanya was this year's inspired teacher of Hindu dance, with its exacting demands for concentration upon the expressive language of movement. Albertine herself teaches the classes in Spanish dance and Luis Montero assisted her towards the end of this past season. With such offerings during the hard-working eight weeks of each session at the Albertine Summer Work- shop, it is hardly surprising that leading Maine teach- ers of ballet - such as Polly Thomas of the Thomas School of Ballet in Bangor - applaud the Albertine School as a bonanza in Maine. "We've always felt that the training down there was marvelous," Mrs. Thomas High on a 100-foot promontory overlooking is on record as saying. "Some of our people have Casco Bay and The Islands minutes from the heart of Portland, Maine. Efficiencies 1-Bedroom Suites From $180 Per Month MAINE'S FOREMOST SWEATER & YARN STORE 3-Bedroom Apartments From $450 Jagger's Sportswear - Beachwear For Floor Plan and Brochure Write: Apparel - Jewelry PORTLAND HOUSE THE BEST FOR LESS Main St. Shopping Ctr., Sanford Box 45, 45 Eastern Promenade Portland, Maine 04101 207-774-3744 Daily 9-5:30 . Thurs., Fri. 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I would do anything to help Maine teachers like Polly Thomas, and Jean- nette Thibodeau in Waterville, in their efforts to bring about a renaissance of dance throughout the State of Maine." Some of the things she does is to give dem- constrations of her dance workshop methods to students and teachers of ballet at Calais and other Maine centers, after her own workshop has closed in mid- August of each year. "The world of ballet is a closely-knit one," Alber- tine pointed out. "We all try not only to aid each other's work, but to complement it whenever we can. Some of our Maine students throughout the years mother have told us of other young dancers who would love to join the Albertine Summer Workshop if it were would economically feasible for them, and that is why we instituted the public performance by our entire group approve at the end of the season, in order to raise money for Maine scholarships." 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Large dining room with fireplace, pleasant kitchen including all appliances. includes twenty-seven dance groups - twice as its Two bedrooms plus small room and bath. Large expandable president. attic. Ample, bubbling spring water, new pump, central heat Eventually, the Maxwells probably will become full- and attached garage. Pleasant tree-enclosed back yard with stone terrace, spring-fed lily pond and beautifully planted time Mainers. "It's largely a question of not wanting perennials. Taxes $195. Price to drop the dancers who've been 'our babies' through- $39,500. Shown by appointment out their training," Albertine said. Probably half of only. Exclusive Listing. the students at the Bar Harbor Workshop are regular COLEHARRISON agency members of her winter classes in Nashville. Others REALTORS come to her from Washington, New York and other 83 Main Street, Kennebunk, Maine 04043 Telephone: 207-985-3361 SOUTHPORT Open ocean year-round house. Tip- Gouldsboro Point top condition. 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It was an interesting experience to hear about Mrs. Maxwell's enthusiastic plans for dance students in Maine while, in a gracious reception room with windows that open onto a spacious porch overlooking the sea across a private wood, young people who Gracious 7-bedroom home on a large corner resi- dential lot in Machias village. 21/2 baths, formal dining walked as if they were dancing kept flashing into view. room, twin living rooms (one with fireplace), attached This year's group of twenty-four ranged in ages from barn. 100 years old, in mint condition. Ten minutes thirteen - the minimum age for admission to Alber- from beautiful Roque Bluffs beaches and shore. Thirty minutes to Cutler Harbor. High 50's. tine's Summer Dance Workshop is twelve - to prob- ably the mid-forties. The lady at the top of the age Heavy, bold, deepwater frontage, larger parcels on Calf Point, Roque Bluffs. Open ocean views, heavily group was a mother of grown children, who had en- wooded. Some of the best remaining shore frontage. rolled in the Nashville school because she always had 45-acre salt water farm, Leighton Point area of Pem- wanted to dance - just for her own satisfaction. "She's broke fronting Dennys Bay. Hideaway summer home one who never balks at any of the rules - including with artesian water, recent bath and kitchen, 2 bed- rooms, seclusion. $24,000. lights out at 9:30," Albertine said. For many other fine properties like these, A goodly number of Albertine's students at Bar send for our free list. Harbor through the years have gone on to pursue Eastland Realty (Continued on page 97) P.O. Box 261, Machias, Maine 04654 Tel. 207-255-3912 The Best in the East! BAR HARBOR Overlooking salt water and harbor. Very impressive Mt. Desert Island Estate. Excellent condition. Year-round heat. Attractively landscaped with 594' of shorefront. $115,000 Exclusive. For appointment and complete details contact Charles W. Sawyer Jr. Broker C. E. MARCYES & CO. Charles W. 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Zoned oil-fired Bedrooms and bath are up- hot-water baseboard heat. Artesian well. Ideally located on 21/2 stairs. Baseboard hot-water heat and aluminum siding are new, acres in a lovely setting of spruce, fir and birch trees with 150' and there is a large attached barn. $24,500. frontage on the Harpswell Road in Brunswick. $68,000. Patton Realty Robert H. Patton, Realtor Baribeau Agency, Real Estate Boothbay Harbor, Maine Tel: 207-633-2250 or 633-4641 51 Pleasant Street, Rts. 1 and 95, Brunswick, Maine 207-729-3333 The MANOR III Designed by William Katzenbach French Provincial, in the manner of the small chateaux and manors of Normandy and Brittany, the MANOR has a graceful balanced simplicity - and the look of having been designed for future as well as present generations. Its many French windows welcome and embrace the surrounding grounds while its pleasant proportions - like good manners - help it to be at lease and at home in almost any setting: town or country, wooded hillside or open meadow, seashore or suburbia. Send $1.00 for Plans & Details of Our Products Henry S. Bickford and Associates 35 Elm Street Camden, Maine 04843 207-236-4371 A product of Boyne Fall Log Homes - Boyne Falls, Michigan 97 watching various club members and guests who had elected to cool off in the swimming pool. A somewhat plump and slightly awkward young girl climbed up the diving tower and Albertine, ever the teacher of dance, interrupted her own conversation to remark, as if she were talking to herself, "How I'd love to have the training of that youngster - she isn't more than fourteen - for a few weeks. She'd soon lose her puppy fat and discover the pure joy of learning to use and control her body as nature intended her to do." Leaving soon after, and watching Albertine flit effortlessly to her car and into the driver's seat as if she were floating through air, we recalled Albertine's earlier statement that, despite the strict regime of her summer dance workshop, she seldom had disciplinary problems. "Dance is discipline," she said, "and, far from rebelling against it, young dancers feel SO en- Country Home with Charm riched by learning the discipline of body control that most of them walk and move with unconscious pride This house has 3 bedrooms, study, huge living room and grace for the rest of their natural lives." with fireplace and 12' Andersen picture window. Also 1 1/2 baths, new heating system, plumbing, and wiring to modern kitchen. Excellent large barn, new roofs, artesian well. Fully landscaped. 40 acres of fields, Bucksport Income Property Seven 3-room apartments, com- pasture and woods, bordered by trout brook. Bub- pletely furnished and in A-1 con- bling spring for farm pond. 2 miles from Damariscotta dition. Steam heat. On Rt. 1 over- Lake and Beach, midway between Augusta and looking Penobscot Bay, with views Camden. This place must be seen to be fully ap- of Fort Knox, suspension bridge and harbor. Near schools, stores preciated! Shown by appointment. and all facilities. Black-top drive. Four garages. For sale by owner. Asking $35,000. WHAT A SPOT! Charles Litchfield, 184 Main Street, Bucksport, Maine 04416 Located 1 mile from town highway. 40 acres of mature forest with an excellent, picturesque access road through center of property. 650' frontage on lake through which the Sheepscot River flows. Well con- structed cottage with fireplace, screened-in porch and All-Season magnificent view. Good boating, hunting, fishing and low taxes. If you're looking for an investment or Home a hideaway (with seclusion and privacy) from this On a small lake with 200' crazy world of today with its crowded highways, office sandy beach frontage on about fatigue, smog, noise, neon signs, etc., and you want to 1 1/2 acres. Modern kitchen - enjoy Polynesian Paralysis (sheer laziness), get on the paneled living room - 2 fire- ball and look at this before it's too late. This is un- places - 3 bedrooms - zoned doubtedly the best property I've had to offer and they hot-water heat - gravity-fed are scarcer than hen's teeth. Price $28,500. spring water - separate 2-car garage - easy access, plus many, many more desirable fea- C. H. CHASE tures. Write or phone for complete details. $30,000. Real Estate Broker - Appraiser - Realtor Norris A. Scribner North Whitefield, Maine 207-549-3211 Real Estate Broker South Waterford, Maine 04081 207-583-2588 SPORTING CAMPS Belgrade Lakes, Maine On Long Pond in a secluded area approximately 1/2 mile off black road with 900' of shore frontage. 10 housekeeping camps - tastefully furnished, wall- to-wall carpeting - each looking over the lake. Chlorinator purifies the water for camp use. A nice Over 4 acres stretching from blacktop road to deep water. lodge behind the camps has a lobby, 2 bedrooms, 325' on water, including a nice cove. Quahog Bay, East and is equipped for owner's use during the summer months. Excellent clientele. $185,000. Harpswell, only 9 miles from Brunswick. Very nice Cape home with 6 rooms and garage. Miles F. Carpenter Real Estate Co. CLIFFORD - FORTIN 25 Madison Avenue, Skowhegan, Maine 04976 Tel: 207-474-3377 Real Estate Brokers 2101 Maine Street, Brunswick, Maine Phone 207-725-2067 98