Annabelle Dances and Dances (1894-1897)

About

Annabelle Moore was a pioneer of early motion pictures, starring in silent short films like the Annabelle Serpentine Dance produced by Edison Studios in the 1890s. Moore made her stage debut in 1893 and became one of the earliest filmed dancers. William Kennedy Laurie Dickson filmed her breakthrough routines at Thomas Edison's West Orange, New Jersey studio. Her signature acts included the Serpentine Dance, Butterfly Dance, and Sun Dance.

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Wikimedia Commons, in Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain, as the Wikimedia Commons states it.

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Public domain

Credit

William Kennedy Dickson

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