Category: bending backwards

A Woman by Sibilla Aleramo

Detail of the bookcover for 'A Woman' by Sibilla Aleramo. Unknown artist. Image edited from: Giannina Censi: Aerodanze 3, 1931
Detail of the bookcover for ‘A Woman’ by Sibilla Aleramo. Unknown artist. Image edited from: Giannina Censi: Aerodanze 3, 1931
'A Woman' by Sibilla Aleramo. First published in 1906, this semi-autobiographical novel is a key text for understanding Italian women's writing of the twentieth century. | src Penguin Books | Giannina Censi: Aerodanze 3, 1931; edited image for bookcover.
‘A Woman’ by Sibilla Aleramo. First published in 1906, this semi-autobiographical novel is a key text for understanding Italian women’s writing of the twentieth century. | src Penguin Books | Giannina Censi: Aerodanze 3, 1931; edited image for bookcover.
Giannina Censi in "Aerodanze 3: rovesciamento d'apparecchio", 1931. Mart, Archivio del ’900, Fondo Censi. | src Mart, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto on Google Arts
Giannina Censi in “Aerodanze 3: rovesciamento d’apparecchio”, 1931. Mart, Archivio del ’900, Fondo Censi. | src Mart, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto on Google Arts

Censi bending backwards

From the exhibition ‘L’elica e la Luce’ curated by Chiara Gatti and Raffaella Rech, at Museo MAN di Nuoro | src italtecnica.it
Image: Giannina Censi in “Aerodanze # 3: rovesciamento d’apparecchio”, 1931.
Giannina Censi in “Aerodanze 3: rovesciamento d’apparecchio”, 1931. Mart, Archivio del ’900, Fondo Censi. | src Mart, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto on Google Arts

Tilly Losch by Hans Böhm, 1925

Hans Böhm & Alexander Bengsch :: Tilly Losch dancing freely in a backyard (?) in Salzburg.
Children watching, ca. 1925 | src and © Theater Museum, Vienna (Wien).
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Wake up and Dream, 1929

Sasha [Alexander Stewart] :: «Lethal Losch». Tilly Losch dancing in an extravagant costume in a scene from the show `Wake up and Dream’, 6th April 1929. | source getty images 
Sasha [Alexander Stewart] :: «Tony and Tilly». Tilly Losch and Tony Birkmayr [Toni Birkmeyer] in ‘Wake up and Dream’ at the London Pavilion Theater, April 1929. | source Getty Images

Annette Kellerman, ca. 1910

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Elias Goldensky [American, b. Russia, 1867–1943] :: Autralian swimmer and actress Annette Kellerman, ca. 1910. | src George Eastman Museum via hauntedbystorytelling.tumblr.com