Dance of Ouled Nail
About Dance of Ouled Nail
A woman dances in the style of the Ouled Naïl. On the copy that circulates, that dance is hand-colored. The same file then cuts to other dancers, including men in highland kilts doing a jig.
More about Dance of Ouled Nail
Pathé released Danse des Ouléd-Naïd in 1902 as catalogue number 795. It runs about 2 minutes. English Wikipedia credits Segundo de Chomón as director. The Wikimedia record of the print says he hand-colored it in his Barcelona workshop. The kilt jig sits on the posted file after the Ouled Naïl dance.
Themes
Making
The color on the Ouled Naïl section was applied by hand in Barcelona, not photographed in color.
Technique
The dance was hand-colored frame by frame in Segundo de Chomón's Barcelona workshop.
Preservation
A hand-colored print survives and has been digitized.
Notes
- The French title is Danse des Ouléd-Naïd.
- Pathé's catalogue number for the title is 795.
- Chomón's credit is split in the sources: director on the English Wikipedia page, colorist on the Commons file record.
Scenes
- The hand-colored dancer works the hips, then the file cuts to men in kilts.
Also available
- Internet Archive (DanseDesOuled-naid)
- Wikimedia Commons (La danse des Ouled-Naid (1902).ogv)