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Interpretive Dance, 1922

Jane Reece :: Interpretive Dance, 1922. | src billyjane. From Federica Muzzarelli, “Il corpo e l’azione. Donne e fotofrafia tra otto e novecento” (Atlante, Bologne, 2007) [ trad.: Femmes photographes – Émancipation et performance (1850-1940), Ed. Hazan, 2009]

Tanzschülerin, 11-1929

Georg Pahl :: Tanzschülerin vor einem Fenste, Tanzschule Laban. | Dance student in a window. Rudolf Laban dance school, Berlin-Grunewald, ca. November 1929 | src Das Bundesarchiv
Original title: Aus dem Coreographischen Institut Laban in Berlin-Grunewald! Schönheit im Tanz. | related post on tumblr


Akarova in Allegro Barbaro, 1929

Robert de Smet :: Akarova; „Allegro Barbaro”, 1929; Archives d’Architecture Moderne, Bruksela | src Poruszone ciała. Choreografie nowoczesności
Robert de Smet :: Akarova; „Allegro Barbaro”, 1929; Archives d’Architecture Moderne, Bruksela | src Poruszone ciała. Choreografie nowoczesności

Hilary Napier and Shona Dunlop

Margaret Michaelis-Sachs :: Encounter [Shona Dunlop and Hilary Napier in ‘Seastudy’] ca. 1947 | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902-1985) :: Encounter [Shona Dunlop and Hilary Napier in ‘Seastudy’], 1947 | src NGA

Shona Dunlop in Cain and Abel

Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ No title [Shona Dunlop as Cain in ‘Cain and Abel’], Sydney, 1941 | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ No title [Shona Dunlop as Cain in ‘Cain and Abel’], Sydney, 1941 | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ No title [Shona Dunlop as Cain in ‘Cain and Abel’], Sydney, 1941 | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ No title [Shona Dunlop as Cain in ‘Cain and Abel’], Sydney, 1941 | src NGA

Agniel posing for de Mirjian · 1929

De Mirjian Studio ~ Marguerite Agniel posing with her back arched and legs stretched out over her head, wearing a two-piece costume and matching turban, in studio, 1929 | src Wellcome library
De Mirjian Studios ~ Marguerite Agniel posing with her back arched, feet and knees over her head, wearing a two-piece costume and matching turban, shot in studio, 1929 | src Wellcome library
John de Mirjian ~ Marguerite Agniel leaning on her shoulders (knees over her head), ca. 1929 | src Wellcome collection
De Mirjian Studios~ Marguerite Agniel posing leaning back, circa 1929 | src Wellcome library collection
John de Mirjian ~ Marguerite Agniel posing leaning back wearing a two-piece costume and matching turban, photographed in studio, 1929 | src Wellcome library collection
John de Mirjian ~ Marguerite Agniel seated in a Buddha position, wearing a two-piece costume and matching turban, photographed in studio, ca. 1929 | src Wellcome library
John de Mirjian Studios ~ Marguerite Agniel seated in a Buddha position, circa 1929. | src Wellcome collection