Minnie Renwood was a popular dancer of the 1890s in New York City. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that The City of New York [1] Her serpentine dance became the subject of an important legal ruling regarding dance and copyright.
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Dance career
Renwood performed the serpentine dance during a benefit for Ernest Hutchinson at the 14th Street (Manhattan) Theatre in May 1892. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year [1] She appeared in violet tights and loosely draped white silk skirts at the informal inaugural opening of the Madison Square Garden roof show, on May 26, 1892. Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. Accompanied by Spanish language students she performed her Spanish, butterfly, and shadow dances. The students played mandolins which created a background of staccato music. In Musical notation, the Italian word staccato (literally detached, plural staccatos or staccati) indicates that notes The sounds caused the lanterns to bob up and down and electric lamps in hues of red, white, and yellow blinked disapprovingly at one another. [2]
Judicial decision
United States Circuit Court Judge Lancombe ruled against an injunction filed by skirt dancer Loie Fuller to prevent Renwood from performing her serpentine dance on the roof of Madison Square Garden, in June 1892. The United States circuit courts were the original intermediate level courts of the United States federal court system. Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Fuller claimed to have originated the dance. She contended that she retained the exclusive right to perform it because she had had it copyrighted. In denying the injunction Lancombe stated it is essential to such a composition that it should tell the same story. The plot may be simple it may be but narrative, or a representation of a single transaction, but it must repeat or mimic some action, speech, emotion, passion, or character, real or imaginary. When it does, its ideas thus expressed become subject of copyright. He concluded by saying that the serpentine dance was only intended to impress the audience with the concept of a comely woman illustrating the poetry of motion in a singularly graceful fashion, and while such an idea may be pleasing, it can hardly be dramatic. Motion for preliminary injunction denied. A central point of his ruling was Lancombe's statement that the mere mechanical movements by which effects are produced on the stage are not subjects of copyright. [3]
Illness
In August 1897 Renwood underwent a serious operation and was confined to a New York City sanitarium. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The columnist believed she would not dance again for some time. [4]
References
- ^ a b Notes Of The Stage, New York Times, May 15, 1892, pg. 13.
- ^ Informal Opening Of The Madison Square Garden Roof Show, New York Times, May 27, 1892, pg. 4.
- ^ Dancing And Copyright, New York Times, June 19, 1892, pg. 20.
- ^ Theatrical Notes, New York Times, August 18, 1897, pg. 5.
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