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A Parisian troupe: The "Apache
Dance" came with them, so it may be accepted
that this is the truly "Apache."
"L'Amour de l'Apache" (Apache Dance)
"The "Apache" isn't going
to set anything a-fire in New York. The
edge has all been taken off by the "tough"
dancing which has been seen in vaudeville,
where it has been customarily employed
as an incident to bring applause at
the exit. As for the slight "cooch" movements,
New York has never enthused over
swivel hips."
"The atmosphere
of this "Apache Dance," with its
fallen women and lost men, is only exceeded
in realism by the first act
of "Salvation Nell," the most licentious
piece of dramatization ever flaunted
before a civilized community. The brutality
of the "Apache" as shown originally
in Paris must have been toned down for
New York, if the reports from abroad
were not exaggerated."
Source:
Variety 13:5(01/09/1909)