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Genée collaborated with designer/producer Wilhelm and composer Dora Bright on <i>La Camargo</i>, which told of dancer Marie-Anne de Cupis de Carmargo's intervention with the King to save a young soldier. It was premiered at the London Coliseum on 20 May 1912. For the setting Wilhelm collected period furniture which had to be insured for £2,000 although the screen used was a remake.\n\nGenée's costume was copied from Nicolas Lancret's well known painting of Marie-Anne Camargo (1710-1770), now in the Wallace Collection. The dancer was famed for shortening her skirts and developing dance footwork. The photograph is dedicated by Genée to Vera Blackhall (nicknamed Woggs) and on the back of the photograph Blackhall has noted that the dress cost £35 and Genée had a new one every fortnight. 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