Category: bending backwards

Carina Ari in The Moonlight

Carina Ari i Månstrålen (in The Moonlight, aka Rayon de lune), Studio Granere, Paris, 1934. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Carina Ari i Månstrålen (Rayon de lune), 1928, foto: Studio Iris, Paris. | Carina Ari in The Moon Ray (Rayon de lune), 1928, photo: Studio Iris, Paris. | src dansmuseet on IG
Balletttänzerin Carina Ari (*), late1920s -early 1930s | src Nordicphotos on eBay
(*) Maria Karina Viktoria Jansson (Stockholm, 1897 – Buenos Aires, 1970)

Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers

Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. Season 1935-1936. [photo: Shawn’s men dancers in Wolf Dance (used later in his ballet Feather of the Dawn) by Putnam and Valentine, Los Angeles, 1918 (src NYPL) | src Iowa University Libraries

Vera Mirova (brochure) part II

Vera Mirova brochure, page 5. Phot. Schneider, Berlin. Javanese dance. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, page 4. Phot. Schneider, Berlin. Japanese dance. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, page 7. Phot. Portela, Spain. Dance of Bali. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, page 3. Phot. Portela, Spain. Egyptian dance. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, page 3. Phot. Tamamura. The Snake dance. | src Iowa University Libraries

Vera Mirova (brochure) part I

Vera Mirova brochure, page 9. Phot. Schneider, Berlin. The Javanese Lotus dance, part of the Groedo sacred dance. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, page 2. Phot. Schneider, Berlin. The Burmese or Burman dance from Bali. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, pages 6 to 8. Phot. Portela, Spain. Egyptian and Hindu dance. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, page 1. (G. Orloff). Portrait. Front cover of the dossier. | src Iowa University Libraries

Susanne Dombois by Herzfeld

Martin Herzfeld ~ Susanne Dombois Solotänzerin. Original alte Foto-Postkarte um 1922 mit handgeschriebenem Text [Herzlichst Ihre / sincerely yours] und Autogramm | src Versandantiquariat Jörg Korczynsky on eBay

‘Der Idiot’, 1952

Siegfried Enkelmann :: ‘Der Idiot’, 1952. Dancers Wiet Pilar and Harald Horn from the Berlin Ballet performing a scene from „The Idiot“, a ballet based on Dostoyevsky’s novel. Print annotated in pencil (on verso) | src eBay

Fieret’s studies of women

Gerard Fieret :: Nude torso [Naakt torso], The Hague, ca. 1965. | src Rijksmuseum
Gerard Fieret :: Sitting nude with headband and high heels, seen from behind. Two copyright stamps and a signature are part of the image. The photo is pasted in passe-partout [Naakt zittend met haarband en pumps, op de rug gezien. Twee copyright stempels en een groot signatuur maken deel uit van het beeld. De foto is in passe-partout geplakt.], 1960 – 1980. | src Rijksmuseum
Gerard Fieret :: Studies of Women [Studies van vrouwen], The Hague, ca. 1965. | src Rijksmuseum
Gerard Fieret was an eccentric poet, painter and photographer who lived in The Hague. Between 1965 and 1975 he took hundreds of photos, mainly studies of women. Later, Fieret wandered the streets, fed the pigeons each day and kept his work in the freezer. His prints are creased and the edges frayed, with the occasional trace of pigeon droppings. On each photo, he signed his name in felt-tip pen and also furnished them with copyright stamps.

Aerodanze 3 e 1, 1931

Giannina Censi in "Aerodanze 3: rovesciamento d'apparecchio" di [T. Santacroce. Milano?], [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” di [T. Santacroce. Milano?], [1931?]. Mart, Archivio del ’900, Fondo Censi. | src Mart, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto on Google Arts
Giannina Censi. Aerodanze 1 [1931] src Mart - Fondo Giannina Censi
Giannina Censi. Aerodanze 1 [1931] src Mart – Fondo Giannina Censi

Aerodanze 1. Pubblicata in Bonfanti E., Il corpo intelligente. Torino: il segnalibro, 1995, p.25; Vaccarino E., (a cura di) Giannina Censi: danzare il futurismo. Milano: Electa; Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 1998, p.101; Vergine L., (a cura di) L’altra metà dell’avanguardia: 1910-1940: pittrici e scultrici nei movimenti delle avanguardie storiche. Milano: Mazzotta, 1980, p.128

Aerodanze 3. Pubblicata in Poggi Longostrevi G., Cultura fisica della donna ed estetica femminile. Milano: Hoepli, 1933, p.246; Vaccarino E., (a cura di) Giannina Censi: danzare il futurismo. Milano: Electa; Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 1998, p.107