How Mata Hari Lost Her Head and Found Her Body

by Amy Ruhl

BOW TO SHIVA DRAFT- NO NARRATION
"Bow to Shiva" dance scene with music by Julian Lynch
Shiva Dance Scene from Amy Ruhl's upcoming short movie, "How Mata Hari Lost Her Head and Found Her Body."  The film features 4 original songs composed by Julian Lynch, a soon-to-be score by Lawrence Bonk and Jesse Novak, and fabulous costumes hand-crafted by Vanessa Riegel.  Ruhl also directed a video for Lynch's song, "Seed."  See more videos and backgrounds of How Mata Hari at Amy Ruhl's vimeo page.  More about the film on Kickstarter page.

“How Mata Hari Lost Her Head and Found Her Body” is an imaginary biography of a very real historical figure: the Dutch exotic dancer who duped turn of the century Europeans with a thirst for Orientalism into believing she was a Javanese Priestess; the famous courtesan; and the alleged spy executed by firing squad for espionage in World War I.