Dance of the Sylphs
About Dance of the Sylphs
Ferdinand Zecca's one-minute film is a short ballet, the dancers presented as sylphs. The surviving print is hand-colored and badly damaged.
More about Dance of the Sylphs
Ferdinand Zecca directed. The running time on record is one minute. Color was applied to the print by hand.
Themes
Technique
Hand-coloring was applied to the release print, frame by frame, which is why the dyes sit on the dancers rather than in a separate color negative.
Preservation
A hand-colored print survives, in poor condition.
Notes
- Also circulated under the title Ballet des sylphides.
- The color is on the print, not a later video tint.
- Damage to the surviving copy breaks up the dance.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-ballet-des-sylphides-aka-dance-of-the-sylphs)
