I was watching a little of the TCM Unseen Cinema avant garde cinema broadcast at our friends' cozy house whilst on our Georgia trip, and I went crazy for these beautiful dance films from the late 1800's (now I reeeeally want the DVD set !)
Naturally, I started photographing the television, which any true friends won't ridicule you for (and mine didn't.)
I think this is a variation on "The Serpent Dance", which I believe was performed by several famous dancers (Loie Fuller is one famed dancin' gal I ran across in my sleuthing who had a Serpent Dance):
And this one is most certainly "The Butterfly Dance":
I'm not sure if both are Annabelle Moore, but "The Butterfly Dance" definitely is.
It's the first thing on this little video, so you can see it in all its moving glory:
There are several different dances (all beautifully hand-colored) contained therein...so be sure to watch it all the way through.
I could watch these dozens of times...really need to get my mitts on that DVD set!
