As a result, Virginia became known as a "child wonder" of the dance, and people come from all over to see her, including the Parkhursts from England. Ridgely Torrence and Percy MacKaye both wrote poetry about her." Over the years, Ethel and Jerome organized seventeen recitals in theaters in New York City with many articles written about Virginia's dancing genius. When she was 16, the law at last permitted her to appear as a star dancing on the main stage at Carnegie Hall. Her first solo appearance there with orchestra was in April 1923, and the second in December of 1923.
