Theodore Kosloff as 'The Spirit of Electricity’ in Cecil B de Mille’s 'Madam Satan' (1930)

Theodore Kosloff was a Ballets Russes Dancer who danced the part of 'The Spirit of Electricity’ in the dance sequence ‘Ballet Mecanique’ of Cecil B de Mille’s 'Madam Satan' (1930)

[@GariGold]

What a well done spectacle.❤

[@JohnRaymondHall]

yes, spectacle is the word! :)

[@mariapspadopulou9898]

Electrifying!😁⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

[@JohnRaymondHall]

absolutely LOL!!!

[@shtershter7838]

😁😁😁

[@suzannederringer1607]

Astonishing - the burst of creativity in the early Talkies...
They nailed it - the industrial power which can be diabolical ...
Something like the brilliant political commentary of the silent METROPOLIS.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

your mentioning the similarity with 'Metropolis' is very much to the point. in fact, i've posted the dance sequence from that movie on YT too. did you see it? :)

[@suzannederringer1607]

@@JohnRaymondHall I haven't seen your post. But I've known METROPOLIS since the '70s when my husband and I went to Museum of Modern Art all the time and saw many Silents and early Talkies. I have a DVD of METROPOLIS now.

[@JohnRaymondHall]

@@suzannederringer1607 lovely to have seen Metropolos in the 1970s - do you recall what other silent films you saw back then?

[@jsl1952]

those were the days!

[@JohnRaymondHall]

weren't they!

[@UYTRELLO]

What a surrealistic idea! I think those costumes could have been a little dangerous in rehearsals...

[@JohnRaymondHall]

that's true - i hadn't thought of that! - i guess lots of rehearsals so the performances are safe

[@isabeldiezlangre9411]

Curiosamente, al ver una película sobre Valentino, que enteré que su esposa durante unos años Natacha Rambova había tenido un romance con un bailarin Kolsoff, del que nunca había oído hablar de él.
Por lo que veo tenía mucha imaginación para hacer esta coreografía en aquellas épocas.