Ella Lola, a la Trilby.webm

American vaudeville dancer Ella Lola performs a dance inspired by George du Maurier's character Trilby, in an early modern dance style reminiscent of Isadora Duncan. Lola dances barefoot without stockings and is dressed in a long, flowing gown bound across the chest in a Grecian style, with inside fringe and a draped cape hooked to her wrist; she also wears what appears to be a garland headpiece. Holding her gown with one hand throughout, Lola performs a series of kicks and turns with leg kicks front and back, rocking, and round de jambe. This video was produced by James Henry White, and filmed by William Heise in the "Black Maria" studio in West Orange, New Jersey for Thomas A. Edison, Inc. It has been preserved by the Library of Congress in their digital Variety Stage Sound Recordings and Motion Pictures collection.