Poise and Balance

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

451

Date Released

23 Jan 1930

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1(Untitled record)
2. 2Poise and Balance
3. 3(Untitled record)
4. 4(Untitled record)
5. 5(Untitled record)
6. 6And now meet the super Cyclist
7. 7(Peacocks)
8. 8The Water Toboggan

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 8

Summary

NoS Summary - Sir Paul Dukes, Mme. Nicolaeva and Serge Renoff dance in the open air.
British Pathe synopsis: 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 see it in slow motion. She then does the splits and her male partner does a turn. The male dancer lifts Mme Nicolaeva and spins her around in the air. Sir Paul Dukes does a handstand, forward and backwards rolls and other fancy stuff.

Researcher Comments

British Pathe - This may have been filmed at Champneys in Tring.

Keywords

Music and dance

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   30 January 1930, p41.
The Bioscope   22 January 1930, p30.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.181
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP181 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue

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