page_title: Maud Allan
section_title: Stage and dance career
hierarchical_section_title: Maud Allan / Stage and dance career
caption_attribution_description: English: Actress-dancer Maud Allan in the role of Salomé with the head of John the Baptist, circa 1906–1910; a publicity photo for her play Vision of Salomé.
context_page_description: Maud Allan was a Canadian pianist-turned-actress, dancer and choreographer who is remembered for her "impressionistic mood settings".
context_section_description: In 1900, in need of money, Allan is said to have illustrated an encyclopaedia for women, Illustriertes Konversations-Lexikon der Frau. Shortly thereafter, she began dancing professionally. Tall (5'7"), athletic, and having great imagination, she had little formal dance training. She was once compared to Isadora Duncan, which enraged her as she disliked Duncan.
  She designed and often sewed her own costumes, which were creative. In 1906, her production Vision of Salomé opened in Vienna. Based loosely on Oscar Wilde's play, Salomé, her version of the Dance of the Seven Veils became famous (and to some notorious) and she was billed as "The Salomé Dancer". Her book, My Life and Dancing, was published in 1908. That same year she toured England, giving 250 performances in under a year. In 1910, she left Europe to travel. Over the next five years she visited the United States, Australia, Africa, and Asia. In 1915, she starred as "Demetra" in the silent film, The Rug Maker's Daughter.
caption: Maud Allan as Salomé with the head of John the Baptist in Vision of Salomé, 1908.
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