- Home
- Collections
- Catalogue
- F2909
SERPENTINE DANCE
Sorry, there's no online content available
A “Skirt Dance” (a popular vaudeville attraction) performed by Annabelle Moore.
This film was shown at Wellington’s first public screening of motion pictures, held at the Exchange Hall, 28 October 1896.
“But the palm among the pictures must be accorded to a skirt dance..., the limelight effects of which were beautifully rendered, while the grace of the evolutions far exceeded any dancing we have seen in New Zealand.” (Evening Post, 29 October, 1896)
Favourite item:
Year 1895
Reference number F2909
Collection Film and Video Collection
Media type Moving Image
Place of Production UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Genre
Performance
Duration 0:00:58
Production company Edison Manufacturing Co.
Credits
Camera: Wkl Dickson
Camera: William Heise
Dancer: Annabelle Moore
Dancer: [ Carmengita ]