Ameta

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[New Act] Novelty dances. 12 mins; full (Special Cyclorama). Ameta works surrounded by a black cyclorama striped with gold. Three mirrors up stage and a couple of baby flood make for a novel lighting effect. Her first dance is the usual classical rendition costumed in diaphanous draperies. Next an Egyptian offering introducing the familiar angular posturing, followed by a “Flame” dance which appeals chiefly through the novel lighting effects secured by the aid of a stage floor light playing on the waving draperies. She finishes this dance by falling prostrate upon the stage, which pulled some laughs. The house drop descended after each dance. The next was a pretty snow scene with the prop snow flakes brilliantly illuminated and the dancer doing a butterfly dance. Ameta dances without much expression. The mechanical attributes are there strong enough, however, to cinch her for the smaller bills. She interested [sic] in the opening spot at the uptown house.

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