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Ode to the Chorus Girl
09/19

Ode to the Chorus Girl

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I came across all these wonderful photos of chorus girls (a ton after the jump), most anonymous, though they reminded me of Anna Held, of course, as well as Busby Berkeley’s dancers and the dancers of the Quadrille Naturaliste. (And…

Fluttering Follies
11/16

Fluttering Follies

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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…