Vassar college girls practising their Greek dances, circa 1923 / source and hi-res: WHI
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Frédéric Daniel Boissonnas Baud-Bovy ::
Dalcroze exercises, undated, reproduced in André Levinson, La Danse d’aujourd’hui (Paris: Editions Duchartre et Van Buggenhoudt, 1929). Photo: Boissonnas.
Dalcroze ‘Eurhythmics’ system enables a deeper engagement
with music through physical movement and had an enormous impact on early
modern dance pioneers
/ source: Royal Ballet School
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Putnam and Valentine :: Ruth St. Denis in The Lotus Pond, 1915 / source: NYPL
Dancer Vera Nemtchinova, 1940. The dancer performs an arabesque in a short tutu.Biographical/Historical note: The Ballets Russes Australian season was from 30th December 1939 to 19 September 1940. / source:
Claude Harris :: Eugene Lapitsky & Bronislava Nijinska as The Bandits in On the Road, 1925. Nijinska’s Théâtre Chorégraphique.
Dancer Alicia Markova as the Nightingale in Balanchine’s Le Chant du Rossignol [Song of the Nightingale], 1925, with music by Stravinsky and designs by Matisse. From a
programme for the Diaghilev Ballets Russes, 1925. Originally
choreographed by Massine in 1920, the ballet was revised as a vehicle
for the very young Alicia Markova. Photographer unknown. / src: Royal Ballet
Moffett Studio :: Ruth St Denis and Ted Shawn in Ourieda, a Romance of the Desert. This was the first duet performed by Ruth St Denis and Ted Shawn, 1914 / src: Denishawn Collection
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Karsavina by Bertram Park
