Category: bending backwards

Three nude dancers ca. 1927

Paul Jsenfels :: Dancers, Stuttgart Dance School, printed 1927. Photoengraving. | src liveauctioneers
Paul Jsenfels :: Dancers, Stuttgart Dance School, printed 1927. Photoengraving. | src liveauctioneers

Nina Virouba (Danse), 1960

Jeanloup Sieff (1933–2000) :: Nina Virouba (from the series ‘Danse’), Paris, 1960. | src Ostlicht 15th photo auction
Jeanloup Sieff :: Nina Virouba (from the series ‘Danse’), Paris, 1960 | src hauntedbystorytelling (tumblr)


Children’s dance rehearsal

Martin Munkácsi :: [Rehearsal for children’s dance performance], ca. 1934. Glass plate negative. | src ICP
Martin Munkácsi :: [Rehearsal for children’s dance performance], ca. 1934. Glass plate negative. | src ICP
Martin Munkácsi :: [Rehearsal for children’s dance performance], ca. 1934. Glass plate negative. | src ICP
Martin Munkácsi :: [Rehearsal for children’s dance performance], ca. 1934. Glass plate negative. | src ICP
Martin Munkácsi :: [Rehearsal for children’s dance performance], ca. 1934. Glass plate negative. | src ICP
Martin Munkácsi :: [Rehearsal for children’s dance performance], ca. 1934. Glass plate negative. | src ICP
Martin Munkácsi :: [Rehearsal for children’s dance performance], ca. 1934. Glass plate negative. | src ICP
Martin Munkácsi :: [Rehearsal for children’s dance performance], ca. 1934. Glass plate negative. | src ICP
Martin Munkácsi :: [Rehearsal for children’s dance performance], ca. 1934. Glass plate negative. | src ICP
Martin Munkácsi :: [Rehearsal for children’s dance performance], ca. 1934. Glass plate negative. | src ICP
Martin Munkácsi :: [Rehearsal for children’s dance performance], ca. 1934. Glass plate negative. | src ICP

In the Box, 1962 by R. Bernhard

Ruth Bernhard :: ‘In The Box, Vertical’, 1962. Silver print, printed later, dry-mounted to card. Signed and titled in pencil on card recto. | src Sotheby’s
Ruth Bernhard :: In the Box – Vertical, 1962. Gelatin silver print, printed later.
Ruth Bernhard :: In the Box – Horizontal, 1962. | src Phillips via Flickr

Tänzerische Akrobatik, 1926

Gerhard Riebicke :: Outdoor gymnastics. Student of the Trümpy dancing school doing an acrobatic jump. Published in UHU magazine, Heft 5, 1926. | src Getty Images
Gerhard Riebicke :: Outdoor gymnastics. Student of the Trümpy dancing school doing an acrobatic jump. Published in UHU magazine, Heft 5, 1926. | src Getty Images
Gerhard Riebicke :: Tänzerische Akrobatik (Phot. Riebicke). UHU Magazin, Februar 1926. | src arthistoricum
Gerhard Riebicke :: Tänzerische Akrobatik (Phot. Riebicke). UHU Magazin, Februar 1926. | src arthistoricum

Anna Robenne in “Mot ljuset”

Russian dancer Anna Robenne in “Mot ljuset” [Towards the Light]. | image src Teaterhistoriska arkive | alternative rendition
Anna Robenne (Anna Ohman) in “Mot Ijuset” (Towards the Light), ca. 1920. Photo: Olsson & Hammarqvist (Olsson’s name has been deleted from one of the pictures in the series). [annotated on verso: Nr. 6. “Mot ljuset”] | image src Göteborgs stadsmuseum

Leni Riefenstahl by Emil Otto Hoppé

Der Heilige Berg – Leni Riefenstahl – UfA – nº 15 | src Wiener Werkstaette Postkarten
Emil Otto Hoppé :: Leni Riefenstahl, dancer, director and actress, 1928. | src Hoppé Estate Collection
SKÖN FILMANDE DANSÖS / BEAUTIFUL DANCE FILM | src Scenen (1927) at Projekt Runeberg

SKÖN FILMANDE DANSÖS
Den vackra bilden härinvid föreställer den tyska dansösen Leni Riefensthal såsom hon framträder i den stora Vfa-filmen Bergens hemlighet. Dansösen har här den icke så lätta uppgiften att framhäva sin egen skönhet bredvid den naturprakt, som scenerierna frän Alperna erbjuda i den märkliga filmen.
BEAUTIFUL DANCE FILM
The beautiful picture next depicts the German dancer Leni Riefensthal as she appears in the great VfA film Der Heilige Berg (The Holy Mountain). The dancer has the not so easy task of emphasizing her own beauty next to the natural splendor that the scenery from the Alps offer in the strange film. | src Scenen (1927) at Projekt Runeberg