Alice Jürna was born in Tallinn but obtained her dance education with Mary Wigman in Dresden, and performed in 1924-25 in Wigman’s productions Szenen aus einem Tanzdrama, Bann and Ein Tanzmärchen. In 1925-26, Alice Jürna worked in a theatre in Gera under Wigman’s disciple Yvonne Georgi. Then Jürna launched a solo career, and in February 1927 gave concerts in Estonia. | src Estonian Theater and Music Museum ~ Dancing Free online exhibition
Atelier Balasz :: Schauspielerin Mona Maris in dem Karnevalskostuem “Tirolienne”. Modell: Herrmann Gerson. Entwurf: Joe Strasser. Veröffentlicht: Die Dame 8/1929. | Actress Mona Maris in a “Tirolienne” carnival costume. Published in Die Dame 8/1929. | src and hi-res Getty Images
Aleksandr Grinberg :: Dancer Silvija (Sylvia) Chen, studio of Vera Maya. A scenic study, Moscow, Russia, late 1920s (or ca. 1925). (Photo by Alexander Danilovich Grinberg / Foto Soyuz) | src Getty Images
Aleksandr Grinberg :: Dancer Silvija (Sylvia) Chen, studio of Vera Maya. A scenic study, Moscow, Russia, late 1920s (or ca. 1925). (Photo by Alexander Danilovich Grinberg / Foto Soyuz) | src Getty Images