13155_26409_Burlesque_3
Subjects
1930s
B&W
Title screen says, “The Dance of Desire”. A woman in a black dress is dancing alone on a stage. Her arms are in the air and she is near the curtains. She comes towards the camera, and the spotlight follows her. She takes off the bottom half of her dress, and does more dramatic and lively dancing. Camera does a short effect of splitting the frame in four, also splitting the dancer’s body. The dancer strips away the top of her dress, leaving only the sleeves and underwear. She gets down on her knees, and leans all the way back pulsates her pelvis towards the ceiling of the theater.