Salome was the daughter of Herod II and Herodias. According to the New Testament, the daughter of Herodias demanded and received the head of John the Baptist. This is a choreographed version of the play by Oscar Wilde.
Direction
Koralnik treats dance as cinema — every frame a painting in motion.
Costume
Tchérina's seven veils — each removal a small apocalypse.
Score
Music that crawls under your skin and stays there.
Director
Pierre Koralnik
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wilde's 1891 play was banned in London for biblical blasphemy — this 1969 adaptation arrived as sexual liberation collided with artistic radicalism.
Ludmilla Tchérina was a prima ballerina, not an actress — she demanded complete choreographic control and designed her own costumes.
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