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

Olympic swimmer dancing

Underwood & Underwood ~ Olympic champion swimmer Martha Norelius in a dance pose, May 1925 | src worthpoint
Reverse of the press photograph above, with credit stamps and snippet

The White Cat · Ballets Russes

‘The White Cat’ in ‘Le Mariage d’Aurore’ (Aurora’s Wedding), Covent Garden Russian Ballet, 1938 (detail from original photograph) © Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne

In 1936 Australian audiences witnessed firsthand the spectacle of the Ballets Russes, with the arrival of the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet. This company, lead by Colonel Wassily de Basil, was one of a number of Ballets Russes companies that were formed in the wake of the dissolution of Serge Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes following his death in 1929. This first tour concluded in 1937 and was followed by two more tours by de Basil’s Ballets Russes companies, the Covent Garden Russian Ballet in 1938-1939 and Original Ballet Russe in 1939-1940.

‘The White Cat’ in ‘Le Mariage d’Aurore’ (Aurora’s Wedding), Covent Garden Russian Ballet, 1938 © Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne
‘The White Cat’ in ‘Le Mariage d’Aurore’, Covent Garden Russian Ballet, 1938 © Australian Performing Arts Collection
Image kindly provided by Arts Centre Melbourne | Wurundjeri Country

Morgan dancer with tambourine

Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) ~ Marion Morgan dancer, 1914-1927 (detail)
Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) ~ Marion Morgan dancer, 1914-1927. Nitrate negative | src Library of Congress
Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) ~ Marion Morgan dancer, 1914-1927 (detail)
Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) ~ Marion Morgan dancer, 1914-1927. Nitrate negative | src Library of Congress
Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) ~ Marion Morgan dancer, 1914-1927 (detail)
Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) ~ Marion Morgan dancer, 1914-1927. Nitrate negative | src Library of Congress

Moderne Ausdrucksfigur

Moderne Ausdrucks-Figur!
Atelier Robertson ~ Die Tänzerin Ilse Laredo von der Wigman Schule. Die schöne Frau Nr. 10, 1931 | src ÖNB
Die schöne Frau Nr. 10, 1931 | src ÖNB

Dancing cacti by Grete Kolliner

Grete Kolliner (1892-1933) ~ Manon Chaufour und Otto Werberg als Tanzkakteen, um 1931 (detail)
Grete Kolliner (1892-1933) ~ Manon Chaufour und Otto Werberg als Tanzkakteen, um 1931 | src Dorotheum
Atelier Kolliner ~ Manon Chaufour & Otto Werberg als Tanzkakteen (dancing cacti), um 1931 | src Dorotheum
Proveniennz: Aus dem Nachlass Hedi (Hedy) Pfundmayr

Ella Ilbak in Scenen 1928

Ella Ilbak. Scenen 4/1928, 15 Februari 1928
Ella Ilbak. Scenen 4/1928, 15 Februari 1928 | src Runeberg project

3 Viennese dancers (1929)

Three Viennese dancers. Hansi Koch, Loli Petri and Frauke Lauterbach. Cover photo: Die Bühne # 242, June 1929 | src ÖNB

Titelbild / Die Bühne, Heft 242, Juni 1929 : Drei Tanzende Wienerinnen. Hansi Koch, Loli Petri und Frauke Lauterbach, alle aus der Bodenwieser-Klasse. Sie tanzen einen der modernen Ausdrucks- und Bewegungs-tänze. Foto: Feldscharek