Skirt dance
A skirt dance is a form of dance popular in Europe and the United States, particularly in burlesque and vaudeville theater of the 1890s, in which women dancers would manipulate long, layered skirts with their arms to create a motion of flowing fabric,[1] often in a darkened theater with colored light projectors highlighting the patterns of their skirts. Skirts used in skirt dances reportedly were constructed from over 100 yards of fabric.[2][3]
Background
The dance originated in London, as a less formal type of
choreographer John D'Auban worked with Vaughan, and taught other students including Alice Lethbridge, how to perform skirt dances.[6][7]
The dance soon became popular at the Gaiety Theatre in London, where it was routinely performed by the theatre's chorus line, the "Gaiety Girls".[8]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8195-6843-4.
- ^ "The Skirt Dance". Scientific American. June 20, 1896.
- ^ "The Skirt Dance". Werner's magazine. March–August 1900. p. 583.
- ^ Fellom, Martie (1985). The Skirt Dance: a Dance Fad of the 1890s. New York University.
- ISBN 978-0-415-08794-0.
- ^ a b Christiansen, Rupert (April 29, 2000). "The age of the material girl". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012.
- ^ "A Chat, with Miss Alice Lethbridge". The Era. March 17, 1894. p. 11. Retrieved April 3, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ISBN 978-0-691-01708-2.
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