Alla Nazimova dances the Dance of the Seven Veils in Salome (1923)

[@WilyTuber]

Incredible. Beyond phantasmagoric. I would pay money to see this on a stage

[@VZB97]

Chandelier by Sia must have been inspired by this

[@MsMerising]

Innovator not replicator. Alla Nazimova forever

[@johnmitchelljr]

I liked all the innocent bystanders. Thank you.

[@mahler58]

the black capes of the dancers are very much inspired by the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley for the play of 'Salomé'(Oscar Wilde)

[@mcgalen]

Once during a review of a production of Oscar Wilde's Salomé, I read that a truly accurate performance of the Dance of the Seven Veils involved the dancer removing each veil layer during a complicated and increasinging erotic dance - and that the reason it was considered so risqué is because the dancer only wears 6 layers of veil, the seventh piece of the dance is done while moving the hands through a veil of the imagination - and it is less the dancer's actual nudity, but her creating the illusion of the existence of that sevenths veil that so inflamed the senses

[@abelademarposadas805]

"Stars are ageless", Norma Desmond dixit

[@violetbrown2372]

Alla was rumored to be the inspiration for Norma Desmond!

[@cvet_nastroeniya]

Видела с другой музыкой этот отрывок. Танец смотрелся поэнергичнее)))

[@michaelreed9652]

I like those hats

[@goback3spaces]

What is Tetrarch dressed and made up like a circus clown?

[@rexstratton73_12]

Great when you're hungover.

[@rexstratton73_12]

I think this was a think tanks idea of a McDonalds commercial before McDonalds existed. It's provocative, enticing, and recklessly avant garde

[@raffaeladesimoni7984]

Bello! Vestito e pettinatura moderni. Oggi avrebbe successo.

[@emmaduncan2991]

also rumored to be an all gay cast!

[@megchristie1]

@toxicbunnyrevan You're welcome!

[@emmaduncan2991]

She was around 40 when playing the teenage Salome, she almost got away with it in the long shots, but the close up's...not even close...

[@rossanareyesmares8445]

Falta el sonido...ups!

[@1Devin4andAhalfDevonsNaDog]

Goofy 😂 I love it

[@Sailrjup12nh]

Is that lady gaga having a seizure?

[@megchristie1]

:D Lady Gaga must have been influenced by her...

[@Turandot29]

Interesting piece but I felt Salome's dancing was artless and graceless.

[@juliogonzalezcampayo3201]

@emma duncan: de veras? NOOOO...!

[@aylacristina7295]

It's only me who didn't like the dance?

[@violetbrown2372]

according to reports, an all gay cast!

[@Houndini]

Nope just Alla and her sewing circle together that's all. That 1 wig was found few years back in Georgia. One Alla friends had it in a box after I guess she retired back to her home state of Georgia..

[@elizabethmurphy9384]

Odd they saw no need to get a real dancer