Jingle Rag, Jingle Tag-Irish National Ballet
Jingle-Rag Jingle-Tag "Jingle- Rag Jingle-Tag choreographed by Domy Reiter Sffer ended the evening performance. The setting is a clutter of objects at the back of the stage from which the dancers crawl out of in the beginning. They wear clown masks at first, then put on different apparel for a series of dances. Monica Johansson, pert and pretty, has a comic duet with Jonathan Aidan, done with good timing and a real sense of humour. Terry John Bates and Anna Donovan cross and recross the stage in a tango on wheels, Kay McLaoughlin and Richard Rowe have an Apache number. In between these main items there are entries for almost the whole company. It is amusing fun ballet and the big advantage of not only sending the audience out happy, but giving several of the younger dancers a chance to show their abilities".
John Percival-(Dance and Dancers).
"For an exuberantly lighthearted finale to the programme. Reiter Soffer had contrived a kind of 'Monty Domy's dancing circus' an inconsequential comedy romp for the full company against a background setting of stage junk and entitled Jingle-rag Jingle-tag. The high jinx were launched by Monica Johansson with an elfin glee that proved delightfully infectious in the succeeding incidents, which drew an appreciative response from the audience as did the rest of the ballet which finished with funny romp and high jinx showing the company at its best and a suitable ending to the programme".
Noel Goodwin- (Dance and Dancers).
