
Elephant Trance
Josephine Baker is looking at an elephant cutout out, entranced by the image’s power, unable to move away from the dominant shape stuck there in one-dimensional direction. Moving only perpendicular to the shape. This propped part of one of her performances on stage, affirming her mythical qualities from the unknown reaches of dark Africa. Her African roots were a major part of the sexual appeal of her stage show, as the Savage.