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Anitra’s dance (Peer Gynt), 1916

Maggie Gripenberg esittää Anitran tanssia Kansallisteatterin ‘Peer Gynt’ -näytelmässä 1916. | Maggie Gripenberg performs Anitra’s dance in the National Theater’s play ‘Peer Gynt’. | src FHA ~ Museovirasto
Maggie Gripenberg esittää Anitran tanssia Kansallisteatterin ‘Peer Gynt’ -näytelmässä 1916. | Maggie Gripenberg performs Anitra’s dance in the National Theater’s play ‘Peer Gynt’. | src FHA ~ Museovirasto

Portraits of Edith von Bonsdorff

Edith von Bornsdorff pitkältä ulkomaankiertueelta palannena | coming back from a long tour abroad Tanssitaiteilija (dance artist) Edith von Bonsdoerff, Helsinki, Suomi (Finland), 1920-luku. | src FHA ~ Museovirasto
“Edith von Bornsdorff pitkältä ulkomaankiertueelta palannena” | coming back from a long tour abroad (written on recto)
Tanssitaiteilija (dance artist) Edith von Bonsdoerff, Helsinki, Suomi (Finland), 1920-luku. | src FHA ~ Museovirasto
Tanssija ja koreografi Edith von Bonsdorff 1910-luvun loppu. | Dancer and choreographer Edith von Bonsdorff, late 1910s. | src FHA - Museovirasto portrait
Tanssija ja koreografi Edith von Bonsdorff 1910-luvun loppu. | Dancer and choreographer Edith von Bonsdorff, late 1910s. | src FHA – Museovirasto
Tanssija ja koreografi Edith von Bonsdorff 1910-luvun loppu. | Dancer and choreographer Edith von Bonsdorff, late 1910s. | src FHA - Museovirasto portrait
Tanssija ja koreografi Edith von Bonsdorff 1910-luvun loppu. | Dancer and choreographer Edith von Bonsdorff, late 1910s. | src FHA – Museovirasto
Tanssija ja koreografi Edith von Bonsdorff, 1910-luvun loppu. | Dancer and choreographer Edith von Bonsdorff, late 1910s. | src FHA ~ Museovirasto
Tanssija ja koreografi Edith von Bonsdorff, 1910-luvun loppu. | Dancer and choreographer Edith von Bonsdorff, late 1910s. | src FHA ~ Museovirasto

Anitra’s dance, 1916

Maggie Gripenberg esittää Anitran tanssia Kansallisteatterin ‘Peer Gynt’ -näytelmässä 1916. | Maggie Gripenberg performs Anitra’s dance in the National Theater’s ‘Peer Gynt’ play in 1916. | src Finnish Heritage Agency – Museovirasto

Magda Róna, 1930

Fighting the Snake (pictured: Magda Róna (*), choreographer of the play), 1930, Institute of Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Madzsar School) [original caption: Harc a kígyóval (a képen Róna Magda, a darab koreográfusa), 1930, MTA BTK Művészettörténeti Intézet (Madzsar-iskola)]
(*) Róna Magda táncos, koreográfus, színházi rendező (1902–1989) | Magda Róna -aka Mária Magda- dancer, choreographer, theater director (1902–1989) | src A Nőkért Egyesület Honlapja

Kaloma, 1914

Kaloma, Pastime Novelty Company (PNC, PNCo.), 1914. Gelatin silver print. Unknown photographer. A nude woman, allegedly Josephine Earp, draped in a long, transparent veil. The veil covers her head and is draped to the ground. She is standing with both hands in front of her. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum
Kaloma, 1914. Toned silver print with hand-coloring. Photographer’s blind stamp, including title, copyright and date. | src Heritage Auctions

This portrait gained fame when it was rumored to be Josephine Sarah Marcus, Wyatt Earp’s third wife. A novelty company, The Pastime Novelty Company, in New York City, published the picture as a postcard, and Kaloma became widely popular as a pin-up during World War I.

Photogravure of a semi-nude woman published on the cover of I Married Wyatt Earp | src wikimedia

This photogravure (image above) of a semi-nude woman was published on the cover of I Married Wyatt Earp. Editor Glen Boyer insisted it was a picture of Josephine Earp from 1880 but the picture was actually copyrighted in 1914. The 1914 copyright is the earliest known version of the photograph. Circulated by the ABC Novelty Company in Brooklyn, New York, in 1914. It is labeled “Kaloma” underneath, and at the bottom right is printed, “© 1914-P.N.Co.”, which was the copyright of the Pastime Novelty Company.

Kaloma [semi-nude woman scantily clad in a see-through silk garment], 1914. Copyright: M.L. Pressler (Canada), 1914. The most famous photo of Sadie Earp (**) that does not depict her. | src eBay
(**) Josephine Sarah “Sadie” Earp (née Marcus; 1861 – 1944) third wife of Wyatt Earp.

Lili Madzsar, 1920s

Madzsar Lili tornamutatvány közben, az 1920-as évek elején. Magántulajdon. Digitális példánya az MTA BTK Művészettörténeti Intézetben | Lili Madzsar, daughter of Alice Madzsar, during a gymnastic exercise on the podium in the early 1920s. Private collection. Digital copy at the Institute of Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. | src papageno.hu

In 1926, Madzsar wrote the book New Ways of Women’s Body Culture, which proved extremely popular. The new 1929 edition was expanded with movement art chapters. Madzsar also plays an important role in Hungarian dance history: she created several public movement art performances with the school’s students and other participants, mostly from a working-class background. The image above was published in: Dr. Madzsarné Jászi Alice: A női testkultúra új útjai, 1926