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Tarantellen af Napoli - 1903
(Tarantella in Napoli)Director: Peter ELFELT
Nationality: Danish
Length: 1' 13"
Film archive: Det Danske Filminstitut
A young woman with long braids is performing a series of pirouettes when suddenly a cheeky young man appears on the scene.
Zigeunerdans af Troubaduren - 1906
(The Gypsy Dance of the Troubadour )Director: Peter ELFELT
Nationality: Danish
Length: 1' 29"
Film archive: Det Danske Filminstitut
Gipsy troubadours start a festive dance in a glade. This antiquated film by Peter Elfelt dates back to 1906.
Livjægerne paa Amager - 1906
(The Life Guards on Amager)Director: Peter ELFELT
Nationality: Danish
Length: 59"
Film archive: Det Danske Filminstitut
A trio of dynamic, synchronous dancers in Cossack costumes liven up this silent film by the first Danish film director Peter Elfelt.
Farfale - 1907
(Butterflies)Director: Anonymous
Nationality: Italian
Length: 6' 26"
Film archive: Lobster Films
A Japanese-inspired ballet that moves on to a serpentine dance in the « Loďe Fuller » style. An uncoiling string of colors.
Mary Wigman Danser - 1929
(Mary Wigman Dances)Director: Anonymous
Nationality: Danish
Length: 9' 21"
Film archive: Det Danske Filminstitut
Four ecstatic scenes at the opposite extremes of classical dance. German dancer Mary Wigman, barefooted and dishevelled crouches down and contorts herself in a solo.
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