Serpentine Dance by Mme. Bob Walter
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About Serpentine Dance by Mme. Bob Walter
Mme. Bob Walter performs a serpentine dance, turning so that lengths of fabric sweep around her in the manner of Loïe Fuller. Alice Guy filmed the turn for Gaumont in 1897.
Cast & crew
More about Serpentine Dance by Mme. Bob Walter
French Wikipedia credits Société L. Gaumont et compagnie and lists the film as public domain. The 1897 date and Guy's direction are the dating given in the booklet of Gaumont's 2008 DVD set Le cinéma premier 1897-1913, volume 1.
Themes
Preservation
The film survives. French Wikipedia lists it as public domain.
Notes
- The dancer is an imitator of Loïe Fuller, not Fuller herself.
- Guy filmed another serpentine dance in 1902, Lina Esbrard, Danse serpentine.
- French Wikipedia places William K. L. Dickson's Annabelle serpentine dance, made for Edison, in 1894, among earlier records of the same stage dance.
- The film was shown at the Festival du film de La Rochelle in 2018.
Scenes
- Mme. Bob Walter turns while long fabric sweeps around her.
Influenced by
- Loïe Fuller's serpentine dance
Also available
- Gaumont DVD, Le cinéma premier 1897-1913, volume 1 (2008)
