1. Olga Desmond began to create her own show, and would dance with a veil.
10 Facts About Olga Desmond
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Olga Desmond defended them by comparing them with the classical Greek ideal of nudity.
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Olga Desmond introduced solo dances between the tableaux and a new performance piece, Der Schwertertanz [Sword Dance] performed between two upward pointed spearheads set on the stage floor.
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The "heroine of living pictures", Olga Desmond became one of the first to promote nudity on the stage in St Petersburg, Russia, when in the summer of 1908, the German dancer arrived there with her repertoire of performance.
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Olga Desmond was no less the subject of controversy in her own country.
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Olga Desmond traveled through Germany on numerous tours until 1914, when she married a Hungarian large landowner, and went off with him to his estate.
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Olga Desmond presented dance evenings and other things in Warsaw, Breslau, and Kattowitz.
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The pamphlet included images of her in see-through gowns and nude women dancing within floral patterning; Olga Desmond understood the precision that went into dancing.
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Olga Desmond's pamphlet helped other female dancers in a new and interesting way.
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Olga Desmond was laid to rest at the I St Elisabeth Cemetery.