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

Hertha Feist, ca. 1928

Atelier Robertson (1927–1933) :: Hertha Feist. From a group of four dance studies, Berlin, ca. 1928. Each with the photographer's studio stamp and handwritten annotations in pencil on the reverse. | src Ostlich 15th Photo Auction (11-2016)
Atelier Robertson (1927–1933) :: Hertha Feist. From a group of four dance studies, Berlin, ca. 1928. Each with the photographer’s studio stamp and handwritten annotations in pencil on the reverse. | src Ostlich 15th Photo Auction (11-2016)
Hertha Feist. Der Künstlerische Tanz (Eckstein) card # 86 | src Virtual History
Hertha Feist. Der Künstlerische Tanz (Eckstein) card # 86 | src Virtual History

Dore Hoyer „Ophelia“, 1941

Siegfried Enkelmann :: Dance portrait of Dore Hoyer as „Ophelia“, 1941. Vintage gelatin silver print. (detail) | src eBay
Siegfried Enkelmann :: Dore Hoyer „Ophelia“, 1941. Tanz des Whansinns. Musik: Debussy (annotated on filing card). Vintage gelatin silver print. | src eBay

A.von Swaine in ‘De Profundis’

Siegfried Enkelmann :: Alexander von Swaine in ‘De Profundis’, 1937. Original Print (detail). | src eBay
Siegfried Enkelmann :: Alexander von Swaine in ‘De Profundis’, 1937. Original Print. | src eBay
Iconic portrait of dancer Alexander von Swaine. This image was chosen as the cover of a catalog produced for Enkelmann’s retrospective in Munich in April – June 1978 | src eBay

Anna Robenne as Pierrot

Nickolas Muray :: Pierrot. Anna Robenne. Titled: Pierrot, stamped and titled by photographer on verso: “Anna Robenne as Pierrot by Michel Fokine at John Golden Theatre, Sunday eve April 28”. | src liveauctioneers

Maria Warhuus as Lotus, 1920

Frieda G. Riess :: Ballet dancer Maria Warhuus as Lotus, 1920 (full length portrait). Photographer: Atelier Frieda G. Riess (Photo by Frieda Riess). | src Getty Images

Lieselotte Felger, 1931

Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990) :: Lieselotte Felger, die Wespentaille in dem Tanz, der Kreisel, Berlin, 1931. | Lieselotte Felger as “Die Wespentaille” [the wasp waist] in the dance “Der Kreisel” [The Circle], Berlin, 1931. | src The Met