La Jana in Tanzpose in Truxa

La Jana in the film ‘Truxa‘. Regie: Hans H. Zerlett (1937). Published by ‘B.Z.’ 14.08.1936 | src getty images

The famous tightrope artist Truxa is drinking at the Artisan bar in New York. He meets a young man, Husen, and gives him his stage name Truxa. He is to take the real Truxa’s place at a circus show in the Wintergarten in Berlin (src IMdB)

La Jana. Tanzszene aus dem Film ‘Truxa‘ mit Tamburin. Regie: Hans H. Zerlett, nach dem Roman von Heinrich Seiler. Deutschland, 1936 (23.01.1936) | src getty images
La Jana. Truxa (1937) Illustrierter Film-Kurier Filmprogramm Nr. 1617 (WFK : Wiener Film-Kurier) | src eBay

The series “Illustrierte Film-Kurier” (Wien), collectors code: WFK, was published from 1930 (around the beginning of the sound film era) to 1938 (the annexation of Austria). After the series was discontinued in 1938, the Berlin IFK (Illustrierte Film-Kurier) [BFK : Berliner Illustrierte Film-Kurier] was also distributed in Austria until the end of the war. A total of 2065 numbered program booklets (Filmprogramm; Programmhefte) were published in the WFK series. Under the name “Film im Bild”; eight unnumbered previous editions were produced specifically for certain premiere theaters (e.g. Schweden-Kino or Apollo). | quoted from source

La Jana in Tanzpose, Frankreich, 1930-1938. New York Times Photo. | src ÖNB
Truxa (1937) Illustrierter Film-Kurier (IFK) Filmprogramm Nr. 2564 (BFK : Berliner Film-Kurier) | src eBay

Ostrakon con danzatrice

Ostrakon figurato con rappresentazione di danzatrice in posizione acrobatica. La donna è seminuda, con indosso un pareo nero e gli orecchini a cerchio in oro. È raffigurata, mentre si piega, perfettamente di profilo. Calcare dipinto. Nuovo Regno, XIX-XX dinastia (1292-1076 a.C.). Provenienza: Deir el-Medina.
Ostrakon with representation of a dancer in an acrobatic position. The woman is half-naked, wearing a black sarong and gold hoop earrings. She is pictured, bending over, perfectly in profile. Painted limestone. New Kingdom, 19th-20th dynasty (1292-1076 BC). Provenance: Deir el-Medina
source Museo Egizio, Torino

Gypsy Rhoumaje, ca. 1925

“Musik in der Bewegung – Die Tänzerin Gipsy Rhouma-je”. Kunstdruck nach einer Radierung von / Art print after an etching by
Max Pollak. Großer Kunstdruck aus dem Jahr 1932. | src eBay
“Music in motion – The dancer Gipsy Rhouma-je”. Kunstdruck nach einer Radierung von / Art print after an etching by
Max Pollak. Großer Kunstdruck aus dem Jahr 1932. (Full page) | src eBay
Max Pollak :: Gipsy Rhouma-Jé (Gypsy Rhoumaje), ca. 1925. Color aquatint with etching. | src Annex Galleries

La Jana leaning backwards, 1927

Atelier d’Ora ~ Benda :: Henriette Hiebel, Einzelbildnis, ganze Figur sich nach hinten lehnend, leicht bekleidet (La Jana, single portrait, whole figure leaning backwards, lightly dressed), 14.04.1927. | src ÖNB

Film actress Judith Wassermann

Atelier d’Ora :: Filmschauspielerin Judith Wassermann, Tochter des Dichters Jakob Wassermann | Film actress Judith Wassermann, daughter of the poet Jakob Wassermann | src Theatermuseum, Wien