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Thursday 15 November 2012

1930's Flapper Girl Dance

Keywords:

  • Film Noir
  • Vintage
  • Spangly
  • Feathers





The flapper girl was a beautiful and seductive object on stage, adorned with feathers, jewels and glitter, the flapper would use her charisma and technique to impress audiences in the 1930's.



Usually a flapper girl would dance in sequence with other ladies, in a line. They would dance to sequences such as the Can Can and high paced music, usually kicking their legs up in the air.
This type of dance is usually seen as a very sexualised act, because of the type of women that did it and the type of dance they produced.




A flappper girl would have very heavy makeup, usually black eyeliner surrounding the eyes, pale skin and red lipstick. These were all signs of a seductive look.
A flapper girl's hair was essential to making the look. usually this was done using finger curls,





Flapper girls accessorised well, they usually had beautiful jewellery and shoes. These would be adorned with feathers, gold, sequins, pearls and other gems. Long necklaces were very fashionable for a flapper. Flappers would always use some sort of headwear to finish themselves off.






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