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| name = Leigh Sisters |
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| image = Leigh Sisters.png |
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| caption = Artist's impression of their umbrella dance |
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| image_size = 312px |
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| origin = |
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| genre = [[burlesque]], [[trilbyana]], [[vaudeville]] |
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| years_active = 1890s |
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| past_members = * Edna |
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* Stella |
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* Edwina |
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* Lillie |
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The '''Leigh Sisters''' was a [[vaudeville]] act at the end of the 19th century in the United States. |
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| ⚫ | The sisters were Edna and Stella Leigh who danced in a saucy style,<ref name=Adams/> exposing their legs more than was usual in those times.<ref name= NYH/> They were filmed by [[Alfred Clark (director)|Alfred Clark]] for two [[Kinetoscope]] productions – ''Acrobatic Dance'' and ''Umbrella Dance''<ref name=Musser/> in 1895. The films were hand coloured so we know that they were blondes, the umbrella was purple. One had a pink skirt and the other was lime green or blue. The film was so popular that new versions were printed and hand coloured for the next five years.<ref name="Yumibe2012">{{cite book|author=Joshua Yumibe|title=Moving Color: Early Film, Mass Culture, Modernism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cpvymkXtt1AC&pg=PA13|date=17 July 2012|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-5298-9|pages=13–}}</ref> These early moving pictures have been lost but there is a frame from the latter in the [[Margaret Herrick Library]].<ref name=Yumibe/> |
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In 1897, Stella had retired and was replaced by Edwina.<ref name=VJ/> The act appeared as members of "The Alimony Club" in ''Little Miss Chicago'', a [[burlesque]] at the Gaiety Theatre in Chicago.<ref name=GT/> |
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{{citation |title=Danced Without Tights |page=7 |date=19 June 1895 |newspaper=New York Herald}} |
{{citation |title=Danced Without Tights |page=7 |date=19 June 1895 |newspaper=New York Herald}} |
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{{citation |page=18 |title=Seeing the American Woman, 1880-1920: The Social Impact of the Visual Media Explosion |last1=Adams |last2=Keene |last3=Koella |publisher=McFarland |year=2011 |isbn=9780786489039}} |
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{{citation |title=Vaudeville Jottings |newspaper=The New York Dramatic Mirror |page=20 |date=20 March 1897}} |
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{{citation |url=http://digital.chipublib.org/cdm/ref/collection/CPB01/id/4297 |title=Little Miss Chicago |publisher=Gaiety Theatre |date=14 March 1897}} |
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[[Category:American female dancers]] |
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[[Category:Entertainer duos]] |
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[[Category:Sister duos]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:06, 1 November 2023
Leigh Sisters | |
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 Artist's impression of their umbrella dance | |
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| Genres | burlesque, trilbyana, vaudeville |
| Years active | 1890s |
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The Leigh Sisters was a vaudeville act at the end of the 19th century in the United States.
The sisters were Edna and Stella Leigh who danced in a saucy style,[1] exposing their legs more than was usual in those times.[2] They were filmed by Alfred Clark for two Kinetoscope productions – Acrobatic Dance and Umbrella Dance[3] in 1895. The films were hand coloured so we know that they were blondes, the umbrella was purple. One had a pink skirt and the other was lime green or blue. The film was so popular that new versions were printed and hand coloured for the next five years.[4] These early moving pictures have been lost but there is a frame from the latter in the Margaret Herrick Library.[5]
In 1897, Stella had retired and was replaced by Edwina.[6] The act appeared as members of "The Alimony Club" in Little Miss Chicago, a burlesque at the Gaiety Theatre in Chicago.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Adams; Keene; Koella (2011), Seeing the American Woman, 1880-1920: The Social Impact of the Visual Media Explosion, McFarland, p. 18, ISBN 9780786489039
- ^ "Danced Without Tights", New York Herald, p. 7, 19 June 1895
- ^ Musser, Charles (1991), "Edison and the Kinetoscope", Before the Nickelodeon, University of California Press, p. 56, ISBN 9780520060807
- ^ Joshua Yumibe (17 July 2012). Moving Color: Early Film, Mass Culture, Modernism. Rutgers University Press. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-0-8135-5298-9.
- ^ Yumibe, Joshua (2012), Moving Color: Early Film, Mass Culture, Modernism, Rutgers University Press, p. 13, ISBN 9780813552989
- ^ "Vaudeville Jottings", The New York Dramatic Mirror, p. 20, 20 March 1897
- ^ Little Miss Chicago, Gaiety Theatre, 14 March 1897