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Ellen Price filmed 1903 - La Sylphide (opening solo)

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Uploaded by on Aug 28, 2008

Film from 1903 of Ellen Price, prima ballerina of the Royal Danish Ballet, dancing the opening solo in Bournonville's La Sylphide. Filmed in studio by Danish court photographer Peter Elfelt.
The video quality is low, but it's a unique document.

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  • Unbelievable! 107 years ago!!! Awesome!!!

  • OMG, WHAT A JEWEL FOR DANCE HISTORY! :D

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  • this might be to oldest video i've seen and will ever see in my life! so cool!

  • Wonderful, thank you for sharing!

  • Was that Joan Collins?

  • Closest thing we have to a time machine. Video and foto are "man's stand against time"

  • Don`t appologize for the so called low quality of this video. This is clear enough to be able to see how precise her technique was... far more than some of todays stars!

    Thanks so much for uploading this!

  • wooooooowwww

  • Wow, it's like a taste of history... ^.^ Thank you!!!

  • she is lovely

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