{"id":10099,"date":"2024-01-03T08:55:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/?p=10099"},"modified":"2024-01-03T08:55:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T16:55:45","slug":"labelleotero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/01\/labelleotero\/","title":{"rendered":"La Belle Otero"},"content":{"rendered":"

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La Belle Otero<\/h1>\n

This powerful sculpture of La Belle Otero by Camilo Rodr\u00edguez Vidal is located in Valga, Spain. This statue is a tribute to this legendary Belle Epoch entertainer who was born Agustina del Carmen Otero Iglesias in 1869.<\/p>\n

La Belle Otero took the Parisian nightclub scene by storm in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. She was a singer, dancer, and notorious and unabashed courtesan. Her little black book included heads of state, dukes, and even a king or two!\u00a0 At the apex of notoriety, she was one of the stars of the famous Follies B\u00e8rgere.<\/p>\n

When the Salome dance movement was at its height in the first decade of the 20th century, La Belle Otero adopted the dance fusing her authentic classic Spanish style with early modern Orientalist vibes. The Lumiere brothers caught her on film – check out this compilation of photos and an 1898 Spanish dance snippet in this video:<\/p>\n