Dance in Film · 1905
The Lilliputian Minuet (1905)
A Star Film trick short in which playing-card figures come alive at doll scale and dance a minuet before folding back into the deck. Four performers were composited to miniature size; the surviving fragment is an early screen record of the dance.
The Lilliputian Minuet is a 1905 dance film centred on Historic Baroque Court. For dancers, it's a chance to see the style performed on screen — the phrasing, partnering, and musicality that the same dances carry onto a real floor.
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The dance sequences in The Lilliputian Minuet
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Playing-card figures come alive and dance a minuet
MinuetDanced by Four unidentified adult performers as miniature playing-card figures
The documented surviving fragment shows four live performers composited as tiny playing-card figures dancing a Minuet before returning to their cards.
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