Guest distantdancer Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 I have been seeing the term 'Dolly Dinkle' used to describe bad dance schools and I was wondering if anyone knew who Dolly was and what horrible thing she did to become permanently associated with bad teaching. I've been seeing the expression all over Ballet boards and was just curious as to where it came from? :confused: Quote Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted April 18, 2003 Report Share Posted April 18, 2003 "Dolly Dinkle" is a corruption of the name "Dolly Dingle" which was a comic strip and paper doll set that was found in The Pictorial magazine from 1916 to 1922. The work was created by Grace Gebbie Drayton Weidersheim. The characters resembled the "Campbell Kids" whom she also designed. It's used for teachers who are horribly clueless and out-of-date about things we know better about, like putting five-year-olds on pointe. I think it really doesn't have anything to do with the comic strip, except that the business names they use are often unspeakably cutesie-poo and cloyingly quaint. (N.B. This is not intended to disparage the work of Mrs. Weidersheim, who was one of the first nationally-published woman cartoonists.) Quote Link to comment
Guest distantdancer Posted April 19, 2003 Report Share Posted April 19, 2003 Thanks Mel! Another mystery solved... Quote Link to comment
antbobby Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Wow Mel! What amazing powers of information you have! So cool! Quote Link to comment
Guest attitudegirl Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 I've often wondered that and have used it incorrectly myself. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
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