Category: 1920s

The Forest Spirits by Mrs. Morgan

The Forest Spirits, trained by Mrs. Morgan. Page 1. From the Scrapbook kept by Stella Knight Ruess containing photographs, articles, poems, and notices related to dance performances from 1913 to 1952. | src University of Utah ~ J. Willard Marriott Library @ Omnia and MWDL

Brigand’s Dance, 1921

Helen MacGregor :: Brigand’s Dance. Photograms of the Year. The annual review of the world’s pictorial photographic work, 1921 issue (plate V). Edited by F. J. Mortimer. | src archive.org

Margot, lead mannequin for Lucile, 1922

Margot, lead mannequin at the salon of Lucile, aka Lady Lucy Duff Gordon in the 1920s. Lucile pioneered the use of models and ‘mannequin parades’, a forerunner of the catwalk show. Unattributed photograph, published in The Sketch magazine, 17 May 1922. | src Mary Evans Picture Library

Vera Shabshay, 1925

Vera Kagan-Shabshay, Moscow, 1925. Family Archive, Israel. Photographer’s or studio’s stamp and date (25) | src The Museum of Russian Art, Israel. From the exhibition: Choreographer Vera Shabshay: Forgotten “Amazon of the Avant-Garde” (2008)

Dance of the Hasidim (Prayer)

Dance of the Hasidim (Prayer). Music by Alexander Krein. Choreography by Vera Shabshay, Moscow, season 1929-1930. | src Exhibition dedicated to Choreographer Vera Shabshay: Forgotten “Amazon of the Avant-Garde” (2008) held at The Museum of Russian Art, Israel
Dance of the Hasidim (Prayer). Music by Alexander Krein. Choreography by Vera Shabshay, Moscow, season 1929-1930. | src Exhibition Choreographer Vera Shabshay: Forgotten “Amazon of the Avant-Garde” (2008) held at The Museum of Russian Art, Israel

Tänzerin Claire Bauroff, 1926

«Die Arbeit der Tänzerin von Claire Bauroff », Die Bühne, 1926. Heft 75 foto Schneider
E. Schneider :: Tänzerin Claire Bauroff. Published in Die Bühne under the title «Die Arbeit der Tänzerin von Claire Bauroff », 1926. Heft 75. | src Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
«Die Arbeit der Tänzerin von Claire Bauroff », Die Bühne, 1926. Heft 75
«Die Arbeit der Tänzerin von Claire Bauroff », Die Bühne, 1926. Heft 75 (full page)