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It was directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold; music was by Alexander Glazounov and designs by Léon Bakst. The performance was forbidden by the censor and cancelled. The Dance of the Seven Veils was performed in a concert of ballet and dance at the Theatre of the Conservatoire on 20 December (2 January 1909).\n\r\nMikhail Fokine was invited to choreograph the Dance of the Seven Veils and Rubinstein followed him on his vacation to Switzerland to work with him: “The work on the Salome dance was unique in my life. I had to teach Rubinstein simultaneously the art of dance and to create for her the Dance of Salome. Before this, she had studied dancing very little, and showed very little progress in it. Her energy and endurance were of great assistance, as was her appearance. I felt that it would be possible to do something unusual with her in the style of Botticelli. She was tall, thin, and beautiful, and was interesting material from which I had hopes of moulding a unique scenic image.’ For Fokine this work paved the way for the roles he created for Rubinstein in <i>Cléopâtre</i> (1909) and <i>Schéhérazade</i> (1910).\n\r\nThe design for Bakst’s costume is in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.\r\n","physicalDescription":"One of a series of photographs of Ida Rubinstein in <i>Salome</i>, 1908, showing the dancer leaning forward, right arm extended in front, holding the veil which wraps around her hips. 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