Category: 1920s

Tilly Losch by Trude Fleischmann

Trude Fleischmann (1895–1990) ~ Dancer Tilly Losch, Vienna, ca. 1929. | src OstLicht Photo Auction Autumn 2023

Photographer’s blindstamp with address “Wien I., Ebendorferstraße 3” in the lower image at left. Signed and titled “Tilly Losch. Solotänzerin des Wiener Staatsopern Balletts. Aufnahme Trude Fleischmann Wien” in pencil, photographer’s stamp, several handwritten numbers and handwritten agency note “Wiener Photo Kurier” on the reverse.

Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) :: Tilly Losch (1903-1975), Tänzerin, ca. 1925. | src Wien Museum
Trude Fleischmann (1895-1990) ~ Tilly Losch (1903-1975), Tänzerin, ca. 1925. | src Wien Museum

Ervina Kupferová role portraits

František Drtikol :: Ervina Kupferova en Cléopâtre. Photographie originale, ca. 1920 | src Drouot

Tirage argentique en brun contrecollé sur carton représentant Ervina Kupferova en Cléopâtre. Ervína Kupferová, danseuse célèbre fut la femme de Frantisek Drtikol. (src: Drouot)

František Drtikol ~ (Role) Portrait of Ervina Kupferova, 1919 | src mutualArt

Elmerice Parts, 1921

C. Schulz photo studio :: Role portrait: Elmerice Parts in a dance pose with tambourine, 1921. [original: C. Schulzi fotoateljees Tartus. Rolliportree: Tamburiiniga Elmerice Parts tantsupoosis, 1921]. | src Eesti Teatri- ja Muusikamuuseum

Dancer Rumnev or Rumnieff, 1924

Nini & Carry Heß :: The Russian dancer Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Ziakin (1899-1965), known as Rumnev or Rumnieff. Published in ‘Die Dame’ 21/1924. | src Getty Images
Nini & Carry Hess :: Alexander Rumnev (Tänzer), 1924, ullstein bild collection. | src Museum Giersch der Goethe-Universität

Cabaret artist Marion Forde, 1925

Marion Forde, from the Forde sisters, Cabaret artist from the USA, posing half naked for Reville fashion house. Photographer: Reville. Published in ‘Querschnitt’ 9/1925. | src Getty Images

De fåvitska jungfrurna, 1920s

On Christmas Day 1920, the newly started performing arts company Svenska Baletten was visiting London and the classic Christmas song was included in the music for the ballet De fåvitska jungfrurna. The ballet is based on the biblical story of the wise and unwise (ignorant) virgins. The ignorant maidens became a real audience favorite and was danced 375 times. Jenny Hasselquist i De fåvitska jungfrurna av Svenska Baletten, foto: Stage Photo Company, London, 1920. | src and more info at Dansmuseet on IG
On Christmas Day 1920, the newly started performing arts company Svenska Baletten was visiting London and the classic Christmas song was included in the music for the ballet De fåvitska jungfrurna. The ballet is based on the biblical story of the wise and unwise (ignorant) virgins. The ignorant maidens became a real audience favorite and was danced 375 times.
Jenny Hasselquist i De fåvitska jungfrurna av Svenska Baletten, foto: Stage Photo Company, London, 1920.
| src and more info at Dansmuseet on IG

Rhapsody in Blue, 1920s

Astrid Malmborg i Rhapsody in Blue, foto: Jan de Meyere. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Astrid Malmborg i Rhapsody in Blue, foto: Jan de Meyere. | src Dansmuseet on IG