This color film reprises the female impersonator Adrian's nightclub act of the same name: "'Salome and the Dance of the Seven Veils' introduced the Club 82's new season to New Yorkers, in 1958.

Seven Veils is named for the biblical character Salome, whose seductive dancing ... who asks her to dance at a dinner and is so riveted by her seductive performance that he offers her whatever ...

Of course, the head is not the only point of controversy in "Salome." The infamous Dance of the Seven Veils, performed by the title character, created a scandal when the opera was first performed ...

Salome, indifferent to Herod's advances ... she uses her powers of seduction and manipulation--and the Dance of the Seven Veils--to seek her revenge.

Opera singer Maria Ewing, known for her electrifying stage performances in Carmen and Salome, has died aged ... Ewing finished the infamous Dance of the Seven Veils in the nude.