Annabelle Serpentine Dance

Name: Annabelle Serpentine Dance
Genre: Documentary, Short
Released: 1895-04-01
Duration: 1 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Annabelle Moore

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6.5/10

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Documentary Short

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dance routines. She uses her dance steps and her long, flowing skirts to create a variety of visual patterns.Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dance routines. She uses her dance steps and her long, flowing skirts to create a variety of visual patterns.Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dance routines. She uses her dance steps and her long, flowing skirts to create a variety of visual patterns.

Directors
- William K.L. Dickson
- William Heise
Star
- Annabelle Moore

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6.5/10

2.4K

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Trivia
One of the first color films, albeit hand-tinted.

Alternate versions
Also available in a hand-tinted colorized version.

Connections
Edited into Landmarks of Early Film (1997)

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8/10

Dance As Essentially Cinematic

One of the earliest surviving films, and most certainly among the first hand-tinted, "Annabelle Serpentine Dance" (1895) is a purely cinematic feast, a celebration of motion and color. Annabelle Moore, a Broadway dancer, is dressed in white, flowing robes that change color as the dance progresses.

Several other contemporary serpentine dance films exist. It's fascinating how early cinema saw dance as essentially cinematic and most certainly made it so for us. Hypnotic and brilliant, this film, no matter how elementary it might seem for people accustomed to narrative cinema, exudes an acute understanding of what works visually.

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