Poise And Balance 1930

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Sir Paul Dukes, Mme Nicolaeva and Serge Renoff are the dancers featured in this story.

We see the three of them in a large garden doing headstands. They move their legs around with poise and balance. The "slow camera" is used to analyse the dancers' movements. Mme Nicolaeva does a spin - we...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15416
Sort Number:
EP 181
Time in/Out:
01:46:07:00 / 01:49:10:00
Canister:
EP 181
Film ID:
914.18
Issue Date:
23/01/1930

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