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susane

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  1. I'm the person who discovered the fragment of Ballets Russes film in early 2011. I had never seen this postcard at the time. I was searching the British Pathe online archive under a general "ballet" topic and the entry was entitled "Festival of Narcissus. Location of events unknown". The longer catalogue entry added that "there was a stage in a park surrounded by trees in an unidentified town in a valley... One female dancer (representing Narcissus?) w/chorus of female dancers: ballerinas who pose while the male soloist dances". When I played the clip I saw that it was "Les Sylphides" and the date range at the side of the film was "1920-1929". If that was correct, I was pretty sure that I was watching a unique piece of film. I did some further research and found a photograph, in Dance Research Vol.27.2, which was similar to the postcard here, and obviously the same location as the film clip. I contacted Jane Pritchard at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, she looked at the film, was able to authenticate it and their press office put out the news. The film can be viewed at www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=79902 , although I'm not sure if this link will work worldwide.
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