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The act was twenty-four minutes long.
Grete Wiesenthal does classical dancing in front of a special drop. She formerly danced with her sister in a double act in England, but she is now striking out on her own. She dances four numbers. The first is performed in a bird-like costume, and in the second she does a pantomime and whirling Dervish spinning in a Gypsy dress. For the third, she wears a green dress which comes to her knees and lets her hair completely loose. The finale involves her skipping and jumping to a Strauss waltz.
Wiesenthal is a sweet-faced, plain looking woman. She did not have much of a chance to succeed because the music hall staff gave her next to no assistance. American vaudeville has also seen so many more sophisticated classical dancers that Wiesenthal pales in comparison. She was at her best in her charming Strauss finale, but the act as a whole is not organized to suit the music hall audience. The pauses between numbers are far too long, when vaudeville requires "punch" and speed.
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Variety 26:7 (20/04/1912)