After Wilde 's play and Richard Strauss 's operatic version of the same , first performed in 1905 , the erotic ` dance of the seven veils ' , became a standard routine for dancers in opera , vaudeville , film and burlesque .
After Wilde 's play and Richard Strauss 's opera Salome , first performed in 1905 the erotic ` dance of the seven veils ' , became a standard routine in opera , vaudeville , film and burlesque .