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Show ilMarlrormklle Roshanara, Inhuman Dancer, jjf and Her Stealthy, Snakelike Arms II ANOTHER shivery, quivery dance, the kind that makes the chills and thrillB run up and down your epino like a mouse at play, has come from the distant dis-tant Orient. Mile. Roshanara haa introduced it in England. She learned it in India, the home of so to any weird, enaky torpslchorean marvels. . . In many respects Mile. 5ttsnt$-nara'B 5ttsnt$-nara'B dance does not differ from other novelties dn tho danoe line, but ehe'a added one feature which Im- presses the audience as oeing almost uncanny and that is a pair of arms that squirm and weave about like hissing, hungry serpents. Her dance Btarts with rythmic serpentine ser-pentine undulations of her body Blow and slight at first, but gradually gradu-ally increasing in vigor and variety until it seems aa though a snake, and not a barefooted woman, were writhing about the stage. There's where the thrill comes in. Then, when it would seem that the serpent himself had been out- Thcre In an Inhuman Charm About ft AIL . . - - - done, there emerge, stealthily, and with snako-liko oreepiness, a pair of arms. First the handB for all the world llko the heads of two snakes, with two ringB on each a for the glassy eyes, tho fingers cramped & into the shape of hiss- - fk Ing heads. Then slow- jiW;l ly the armB reach out. 0M'M full length, as a ser- JPINf pent stretches lazily 4lliitll in the sun, and &mm& there's where the MWW pi SET wafw-H j Arma That. Squirm Like Hissing- fe chill comeB in. A great many people, while admitting admit-ting that they dread and abhor snakes, claim that they are fascln-" ated by them, and Mile. Roshanara'a dance haB much that effect. There is an inhuman charm about it You forget that the woman haB arms. All you can see are the two snakes reaching out from the armholes of her gown, reaching out hungrily further and further, up and down, and around and about, first high over her head as a snako glides from the hole of the tree runk to crush the unsuspecting bird singing on a nearby near-by branch, then down toward the ground, seeking what It may devour. de-vour. Then, just as the chills are chasing chas-ing themselves up and down in good shape, the Mademoiselle bursts forth into a daring melody of motion for a brief moment, and it's all over. This dance promises to stay in favor for the entire season, and Mile. Etoshanara will bp the vogue for some time to come. Her body dancing, free and bold as it is, 1b eminently artistic. It Seems as Though a Snake Itself Were Writhing About, |