Category Archive: Stage & Screen
![Fluttering Follies](https://encyclopediaoftheexquisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Picture-1-400x300.png)
Fluttering Follies
I’ve been doing some research on Butterfly dances of the 1890s and couldn’t resist posting a video clip of these precious hand-tinted films. I could lose an afternoon in their clouds of chiffon. Specifically, this fluttering dancer is Annabelle Moore…
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Wingwalkers
All things ariel seem to attract my attention these days. But how could you not get excited about wingwalker Gladys Ingle? A friend just sent me this amazing video. Riding on the top wing of a plane, early stunt woman Gladys…
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What’s a Diva to Do?
Reading about the great Italian ceramics designer Piero Fornasetti and his series of 350 plates all based on the same beautiful face, I got curious about his inspiration, the legendary beauty and turn-of-the-century Italian opera star Lina Cavalieri (1874-1944). (You can…
![Leona Dare, a Mega-muse](https://encyclopediaoftheexquisite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/nypl-trapeze-leona-400x300.jpeg)
Leona Dare, a Mega-muse
Leona Dare (1855-1922), one of Encyclopedia of the Exquisite‘s brightest stars, is someone you should know. She was a circus queen in the late 19th century, thrilling audiences across Europe and around the world by going up in a hot-air…
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