Category: dance, Tanz, danse, danza, dansa, tansii

Nijinsky in ‘Le dieu bleu’, 1912

Vaslav Nijinsky dans Le Dieu bleu [photographie de Waléry (1866-1935)], 1912. | src BnF ~ National Library of France
Vaslav Nijinsky dans Le Dieu bleu [photographie de Waléry (1866-1935)], 1912. | src BnF ~ National Library of France
Vaslav Nijinsky dans Le Dieu bleu [photographie de Waléry (1866-1935)], 1912. | src BnF ~ National Library of France
Vaslav Nijinsky dans Le Dieu bleu [photographie de Waléry (1866-1935)], 1912. | src BnF ~ National Library of France

Le Dieu bleu :: Légende hindoue en 1 acte, chorégraphie de Michel Fokine. Paris : Théâtre du Châtelet, 13-05-1912. Photographe présumé: Waléry (1866-1935).

Karsavina in Scheherazade

Emil Otto Hoppé :: Tamara Karsavina as Zobeide in ‘Schéhérazade’, London, England, 1920 | src  e.o.hoppe/photoshelter/ballets.russes

Josephine Baker in Banana Skirt

Lucien Waléry :: Josephine Baker in Banana Skirt from the Folies Bergère production “Un Vent de Folie”, Paris, 1927. | src wikimedia

Danse en plein air, ca. 1920

Philiberte de Flaugergues :: Danse en plein air # 2 | Dance in open air nº 2, France, ca. 1920. | src anamorfose
Philiberte de Flaugergues :: Danse en plein air # 2 | Dance in open air nº 2, France, ca. 1920. | src anamorfose
Philiberte de Flaugergues :: Danse en plein air # 4 | Dance in open air nº 4, France, ca. 1920. | src anamorfose
Philiberte de Flaugergues :: Danse en plein air # 4 | Dance in open air nº 4, France, ca. 1920. | src anamorfose

We are three million women, 1938

Barbara Morgan (1900-1992) :: We are three women / We are three million women, 1938 | source Münchner Stadtmuseum via Lensculture: Who’s Afraid of Women Photographers? exhibition
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La caduta dell’angelo, 1996

Tiziana Luxardo :: La caduta dell’angelo, Teatro dell’Opera, 1996. Stampa digitale da pellicola. Firmata a penna bianca sull’immagine. | src Minerva Auctions

Lilies · a Lilliput comparison

Dr. Bohumil Kröhn (1905-1992) ~ Dancer doing a one handed cartwheel, 1937

This image appeared in Lilliput Pocket Omnibus (aka Lilliput: The Pocket Magazine for Everyone) (1937-1938) which was a pocket-sized monthly magazine produced by Stefan Lorant, Hungarian photojournalist, author, and filmmaker who had served time in a Nazi prison. The magazine was known for Lorant’s juxtapositions of images for political or aesthetic effects. | source Flickr

Our Lily / Arum Lily ~ Dancer / Calla Lily. Photographs by Dr. Kröhn (Prague) and Felix Man | source Flickr
Dr. Bohumil Kröhn (1905-1992) ~ Dancer doing a one handed cartwheel, 1937 | src catawiki

Ira Lagenteels, ca. 1928

Atelier Robertson (1927–1933) :: Dancer Ira Langenteels. From a group of four dance studies (Niddy Impekoven, Ellinor Bahrdt, Trude Engelhart and Ira Langenteels), ca. 1928. Each with the photographer’s studio stamp and handwritten annotations in pencil on the reverse. | src Ostlicht (Westlich) Photo Auction nº 14 (June, 2016)