Throwback Thursday and the Leigh Sisters
Edna and Stella Leigh were dancers in a
vaudeville act during the late 1890s. They are said to have performed in “a
saucy style” and that they exposed a bit more of their legs than was usual for
that time period.
They entered the pages of history in
1896 in New York when the first exhibit of Thomas Edison’s Vitascope projected
a film showing them doing their umbrella dance. This early movie was so popular
that it was hand colored for the next five years. Sadly, this film has been
lost, but due to the coloration (if it was accurate) we know the Leigh Sisters
were blonde and one wore a pink skirt, the other a blue or green skirt. The
large umbrella was purple.
By 1897 Stella retired and was replaced
by Edwina and the act appeared in Little
Miss Chicago in Chicago Illinois.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Dance History Secret #309:
“The Leigh Sisters appeared in Edison’s first
Vitagraph film in 1896.”
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“Those who
want to get wet need no umbrella!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan
― Mehmet Murat ildan
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