A look at a public square in Paris.

Two women perform a choreographed 'Russian' dance routine.

Six films by photographer Paul Nadar in 1896 were combined into a program in 1970 by the Cinemathèque Francaise. It contains four dance routines and two Paris-based actualities.

Slavic dance routine by Les Sœurs Rappo

A dramatic dance, filmed by Paul Nadar in 1898. Preserved by Langlois' Cinematheque.

Two unidentified actresses on stage; one of them plays a male character dressed in a 16th-century costume, who is delighted by the dance of a ballerina.