La danseuse de Siva

Stacia Napierkowska 18861945 was one of the most successful of the many dancers who appeared onstage in Paris and internationally as Hindu priestesses Esmeraldas Greek nymphs and maenads oriental harem favourites or Cambodian temple maidens After her film debut in 1908 she quickly became a film star first with Pathé and later with Film darte Italiana creating her own roles in the manner of pantomimes at the same time she continued her brilliant stage career Napierkowska was an influential fashion leader and her dark slender beauty certainly looks like the role model of Josette Andriot La Danseuse de Siva 1911 a film by Albert Capellani deemed to be lost until recently has been identified by Tamara Shvediuk in the collection of the Gosfilmofonds The print originally belonged to Sergey Ivanovich Osipov a cinema owner and distributor