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[randy_byers]

The date for this Edison Manufacturing Company short called "Annabelle - Serpentine Dance" and featuring Annabelle Moore is listed variously as 1894 and 1895. You can see the whole 36 second film on CastTV. Further evidence that a costume can be a special effect.

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[kproche.livejournal.com]

MaryAnn Kappa did a reproduction of one of Loie Fuller's very similar performances in the Costume-Con 26 Historical Masquerade.

http://www.costume-con.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=9243

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I found a film of Fuller performing a serpentine dance (from 1896 according to IMDb) on YouTube. Some really cool tinting on that film.