Category: bending backwards

Acrobatic study, 1920s

Alexander Danilovich Grinberg :: Maryia Peschanaya. Akrobaticheskii etiud, 1920s. | Acrobatic Study of Maria Peschanaya, 1920s. Vintage gelatin print. | src MutualArt

Anna Robenne in “Mot ljuset”

Russian dancer Anna Robenne in “Mot ljuset” [Towards the Light]. The picture shows how Robenne took an active part in the typical trend of the time. Both Finnish and American material contain traces that indicate that nude dancing was an important component of her broad repertoire. Photographer: Hammarqvist (Olsson’s name has been deleted on one of the pictures in the series). Image source: Theater History Archive, Gothenburg City Museum via I avantgardets skugga by Rikard Hoogland (Published by Gothenburg University)

Brandung, 1929

Harry Richardson Cremer :: Brandung. (Salon International d’Art Photographique) Published in Revue des Monats, June, 1929. | src Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Leipzig

Nina Vassilyeva, 1923

Alexander Grinberg :: Nina Vassilyeva from Vera Maya’s Studio, 1923. Bromoil with transfer. Private collection. | src Russian photographic Avant-Garde of the 1920s and 1930s

Trio Castelio, 1924

Alexander Grinberg :: Трио Кастелио | Trio Castelio, 1924. Gelatin silver print, sepia toned.
Alexander Grinberg :: Trio Castelio, 1924. Gelatin silver print, sepia toned.| src Russian photographic Avant-Garde of the 1920s and 1930s

Terpsichore, 1920

Hixon-Connelly Studio :: The Marmein sisters.
Caption reads: Vaudeville has offered a great deal to Terpsichore but nothing more colorful than the offering of the Marmein sisters
Published in Shadowland, January 1920 issue. | src Internet Archive (LofC)

Vice, Horror and Ecstasy, 1922

Anita Berber and Sebastian Droste in Martyrs, scene from ‘Dances of Vice, Horror and Ecstasy’. Photographed by Madame d’Ora
© Madame d’Ora /​ Privatsammlung, Wien
Anita Berber und Sebastian Droste in ihres Tanzstücks «Märtyrer». Die Tänze des Lasters, des Grauens und der Ekstase, 1922
foto: Atelier d’Ora, Wien | src Getty Images
Atelier d’Ora ~ Benda ~ Die Verführung des heiligen Sebastian. Die Tänzer Anita Berber und Sebastian Droste, aus “Die Tänze des Lasters, des Grauens und der Ekstase”, 1922
The Seduction of Saint Sebastian. Dancers Anita Berber and Sebastian Droste in ‘Dances of Vice, Horror and Ecstasy’, 1922 |
src MK&G ~ Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe