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 I’m starting out my first pinterest board in high style under the handle encycloexquisit, if [...]
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Videos like these are one of the reasons I started this site. While doing research for Encyclopedia of the Exquisite, there were so many great links and video clips I wanted to share. You’ll see why. Choreographer Busby Berkeley stars in Encyclopedia’s entry on Showstoppers, highly stylized dance numbers that cropped up in films of [...]
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The singularly fabulous Bollywood sensation, Helen, makes a cameo in Encyclopedia of the Exquisite. And why not? She appeared in over 500 Indian films during the second half of the 20th century, shimmering across the screen in a gyrating, hip-thrusting explosion of spangles. Her role, almost inevitably, was that of the wayward, Anglo-Indian vamp. (Helen [...]
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