Stepping Out (1930)

Full titles read: ’“Stepping out“ - Filmed at Chalfont St. Peters.’ (new intertitle) “Meet the girls, full of pep and pirouettes!’ Chalfont St Peters, Buckinghamshire. M/S of a group of girls in a garden, all wearing swimsuits. A man in a swimsuit instructs them as they leap about, doing high kicks, turning cartwheels and holding onto each other’s waists while jigging about and yelping with happiness! Intertitle reads: ’“Every dancer who complains of that tired feeling should try and emulate these ’Rivers’ Girls - “ said Santos Casani, the - - - Teacher.’ (Timecode obscures part of title.) M/S of Santos Casani, famous dance teacher, in his swimsuit, standing with the girls. He talks of an exercise that is very important in all branches of dancing and strengthens the back. He says “Come on little girls!“ and the girls show us the movement in pairs; some of them lie on the grass and are bent over backwards between the legs of the girl standing over them. Santos demonstrates the same movement with