Danse Tyrolienne

1897 Documentary 1 minute Directed by Constant Girel

About Danse Tyrolienne

A couple in Tyrolean dress dance a folk step in a park in Cologne while a musician plays with them. Constant Girel filmed the minute for the Lumière company.

Cast & crew

More about Danse Tyrolienne

Constant Girel directed the one-minute view in 1897. The Lumière catalogue title is Danse tyrolienne.

Themes

Look

A fixed Lumière view of the dancers and the musician in the park.

Notes

  • The dance is performed outdoors in a Cologne park, not on a stage.
  • Three figures: the couple and the musician.
  • Girel was a Lumière operator shooting actualities on the company's travels.

Scenes

  • The couple dance while the musician plays beside them.