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Sarah Bernhardt as Cleopatra, 1891
Tag: orientalism
Margaretha Geertruida “Margreet” Zelle (1876
– 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari, was a
Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for
Germany during World War I and executed by firing squad in France. Here,
wearing a bejewelled head-dress, 1910. Scan from magazine.
/ source and hi-res: Wikimedia
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Baron Adolph de Meyer :: Vaslav Nijinsky as the Golden Slave in the Fokine ballet of Rimsky-Korsavov’s Schéhérazade, 1910 / src: Wikimedia Commons
Adolph Bolm and Tamara Karsavina in Schéhérazade, n.d. | src: Library of Congress
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Costume designs shown in the Tatler, 1917. Chu Chin Chow is a musical comedy written, produced and directed by Oscar Asche, with music by Frederic Norton, based (with minor embellishments) on the story of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. The piece premièred at His Majesty’s Theatre in London on 3 August 1916 and ran for five years and a total of 2,238 performances.
Karsavina in Scheherazade
Emil Otto Hoppé :: Tamara Karsavina as Zobeide in ‘Schéhérazade’, London, England, 1920 | src e.o.hoppe/photoshelter/ballets.russes
Blythe in Chu-Chin-Chow · 1923
The film was based on the musical Chu Chin Chow (a reinterpretation of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves) by Oscar Asche that ran in London from 1916 to 1921 and was shot at a studio lot in Steglitz in Southwestern Berlin.
Albert Arthur Allen :: from Harem series / src: historical ziegfeld
Lehnert & Landrock ::
Orientalist nude, 1906 / src: Verdeau via wikicommons
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