The Javanese dancers who appeared at the 1889 Exposition Universelle were so popular that they continued to perform at other Parisian and European venues under the direction of a Dutch colonial administrator. Their distinctive gestures and costumes were replicated in many formats, including a life-size tableau that comprised wax figures of both the dancers on stage and male audience members (among them, “Buffalo Bill” Cody). At the 1900 exposition, the Javanese dance took an entirely different form, appropriated by French dancer Cléo de Mérode in a multimedia attraction called Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre, which synchronized film and sound.