Category: bending backwards

Ballet dancer Serge Oukrainsky

James Wallace Pondelicek :: "Serge Oukrainsky in Algerian Dance (Grieg). The only barefoot toe dancer and greatest Oriental dancer of the Chicago Opera and head of the Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet" (title devised from caption on photograph's verso). | Worthpoint
James Wallace Pondelicek :: "Serge Oukrainsky in Algerian Dance (Grieg). The only barefoot toe dancer and greatest Oriental dancer of the Chicago Opera and head of the Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet" (title devised from caption on photograph's verso). | Worthpoint
James Wallace Pondelicek :: “Serge Oukrainsky in Algerian Dance (Grieg). The only barefoot toe dancer and greatest Oriental dancer of the Chicago Opera and head of the Pavley-Oukrainsky Ballet” (title devised from caption on photograph’s verso). | Worthpoint

Dancer by Lipnizki, ca. 1926

Studio Lipnitzki :: Danseuse de ballet russe dans l’atelier de Paul Colin. Paris, vers 1926. Tirage argentique viré d’époque. | Lumière des roses # 11
Studio Lipnitzki :: Danseuse de ballet russe dans l’atelier de Paul Colin. Paris, vers 1926. Tirage argentique viré d’époque. | Lumière des roses # 11

Swedish gymnastics, ca. 1909

Heinrich Hamann ~ Atelier J. Hamann :: Introduction of Swedish gymnastics in Hamburg by training inspector Carl Möller – hanging exercises on the new Ribbstol, ca. 1909. Albumen print. | MK&G
Heinrich Hamann :: Einführung des schwedischen Turnens in Hamburg durch Trainingsinspektor Carl Möller [following cropping marks (our edition)], um 1909
Heinrich Hamann ~ Atelier J. Hamann :: Introduction of Swedish gymnastics in Hamburg by training inspector Carl Möller – exercises on the new Ribbstol, ca. 1909. Gelatin silver print. | MK&G

Erni Erika by Manassé (ca. 1930)

Atelier Manassé (Olga Spolarics and Adorjan von Wlassics) :: Erni Erika, 1930. Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped. | src Heritage Auctions
Atelier Manassé (Olga Spolarics and Adorjan von Wlassics) :: Erni Erika, 1930. Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped. | src Heritage Auctions
Atelier Manassé (Olga Spolarics and Adorjan von Wlassics) :: Erni Erika, 1930. Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped. | src Heritage Auctions
Atelier Manassé (Olga Spolarics & Adorjan von Wlassics) :: Erni Erika, um 1930. Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped. | src Heritage Auctions

Ballet dancer by Deazeley studio

Ballet dancer Katharine Cook striking a pose, Brisbane, Queensland, 1931. [detail]
Ballet dancer Katharine Cook striking a pose, Brisbane, Queensland, 1931. [detail]
Ballet dancer Katharine Cook striking a pose, Brisbane, Queensland, 1931. photographic print : hand colored. Trissie Deazeley Studio (Brisbane). | src State Library of Queensland
Ballet dancer Katharine Cook striking a pose, Brisbane, Queensland, 1931. Photographic print : hand colored. Trissie Deazeley Studio (Brisbane). | src State Library of Queensland

Giannina Censi at 3200m, 1938

Giannina Censi all'aria aperta, Plan Maison a 3200 m., 30 luglio 1938 di [Guido Tovo] (1) | src and © Mart ~ Fondo Giannina Censi
Giannina Censi all’aria aperta, Plan Maison a 3200 m., 30 luglio 1938 di [Guido Tovo] (1) | src and © Mart ~ Fondo Giannina Censi
Giannina Censi all'aria aperta, Plan Maison a 3200 m., 30 luglio 1938 di [Guido Tovo]. In verso nota ms. "Dal Plan Maison 3200 metri, luglio 1938" (2)
Giannina Censi all’aria aperta, Plan Maison a 3200 m., 30 luglio 1938 di [Guido Tovo]. In verso nota ms. “Dal Plan Maison 3200 metri, luglio 1938” (2)
Giannina Censi all'aria aperta, Plan Maison a 3200 m., 30 luglio 1938 di Guido Tovo. In verso nota ms. "Dal Plan Maison verso il Teodulo a circa 3200 metri - foto eseguita da Guido Tovo il 30 luglio 1938" (3) | src and © Mart ~ Fondo Giannina Censi
Giannina Censi all’aria aperta, Plan Maison a 3200 m., 30 luglio 1938 di Guido Tovo. In verso nota ms. “Dal Plan Maison verso il Teodulo a circa 3200 metri – foto eseguita da Guido Tovo il 30 luglio 1938” (3) | src and © Mart ~ Fondo Giannina Censi

(1) e (2) Pubblicata in Vaccarino E., (a cura di) Giannina Censi: danzare il futurismo. Milano: Electa; Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 1998, pp. 50-51

(1) e (3) Pubblicata in Belli G. (a cura di), Sprachen des Futurismus, Berlin: Berliner Festspiele- Martin Gropius Bau, 2009, p. 243

(3) Pubblicata in Bonfanti E., Il corpo intelligente. Torino: il segnalibro, 1995, p. 51

Vera Cooper, Deauville, 1925 

Miss Vera Cooper poses for journalists on the beach of the French resort of Deauville, France, August 21, 1925. Glass negative. Agence Rol.
Miss Vera Cooper poses for journalists on the beach of the French resort of Deauville, France, August 21, 1925. Glass negative. Agence Rol. | src Gallica ~ BnF
Miss Vera Cooper poses for journalists on the beach of the French resort of Deauville, France, August 21, 1925. Glass negative. Agence Rol.
Miss Vera Cooper poses dancing on the beach of the French resort of Deauville, France, August 21, 1925. Glass negative. Agence Rol. | src Gallica ~ BnF
Miss Vera Cooper poses for journalists on the beach of the French resort of Deauville, France, August 21, 1925. Glass negative. Agence Rol.
Miss Vera Cooper poses for journalists on the beach of the French resort of Deauville, France, August 21, 1925. Glass negative. Agence Rol. | src Gallica ~ BnF
Miss Vera Cooper poses for journalists on the beach of the French resort of Deauville, France, August 21, 1925. Glass negative. Agence Rol.
Miss Vera Cooper poses dancing on the beach of the French resort of Deauville, France, August 21, 1925. Glass negative. Agence Rol. | src Gallica ~ BnF

Jako-Mica by Studio Lorelle

Studio Lorelle - Lucien Lorelle :: Jacqueline Jako-Mica (Nicole Chaumot) at Casino de Paris, 1940s | src Abebooks
Studio Lorelle – Lucien Lorelle :: Jacqueline Jako-Mica (Nicole Chaumot) at Casino de Paris, 1940s | src Abebooks
Studio Lorelle - Lucien Lorelle :: Jacqueline Jako-Mica (Nicole Chaumot) at Casino de Paris, 1940s | src Abebooks
Lucien Lorelle Studio :: Jacqueline Jako-Mica (Nicole Chaumot) at Casino de Paris, 1940s | src Abebooks & Zvab
Studio Lorelle - Lucien Lorelle :: Jacqueline Jako-Mica (Nicole Chaumot) at Casino de Paris, 1940s | src Abebooks
Lucien Lorelle Studio :: Jacqueline Jako-Mica (Nicole Chaumot) and unidentified at Casino de Paris, 1940s | src Zvab