Beginning of the Serpentine Dance (La Création de la Serpentine)

France, 1909. Director Segundo de Chomón.

A magician’s experiment transforms a piece of cloth into a woman who emerges from flames to perform a ‘serpentine dance’.

Past screenings

Birds of Paradise – London
15 November – 14 December 2010
Part of the Kinoscope Parlour, a London-wide installation of six peephole machines at twelve different locations launching in the run-up to the festival.