Imperial Japanese Dance (1894)
This early Edison short is a good example of them bringing culture into their small studio, filming it and releasing it to the public. The film runs just over twenty-seconds and features three women dancing the title dance. If you've seen enough of these early Edison films then you know it's rather common for the studio to simply bring various acts back to their Black Maria studio and film them. Quite often you got one person doing their act or dance and that's pretty much what separates this film because three people are in the studio doing their thing. I believe this is one of the first times I've seen this happen as the studio is usually so small that not even one person could do a dance. I guess that makes these three women all the more impressive since they were able to handle the small setting.
This early Edison short is a good example of them bringing culture into their small studio, filming it and releasing it to the public. The film runs just over twenty-seconds and features three women dancing the title dance. If you've seen enough of these early Edison films then you know it's rather common for the studio to simply bring various acts back to their Black Maria studio and film them. Quite often you got one person doing their act or dance and that's pretty much what separates this film because three people are in the studio doing their thing. I believe this is one of the first times I've seen this happen as the studio is usually so small that not even one person could do a dance. I guess that makes these three women all the more impressive since they were able to handle the small setting.