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

Alíz Madzsar dancers, 1920s

Táncosnők, Madzsar Alíz (Madzsar Józsefné Jászi Alice) hagyatékából, 1920-as évek | Dancers from the legacy of Alice Madzsar (Alice Jászi), 1920s | src Kassák Múzeum Budapest
Táncosnők, Madzsar Alíz (Madzsar Józsefné Jászi Alice) hagyatékából, 1920-as évek | Dancers from the legacy of Alice Madzsar (Alice Jászi), 1920s | src Kassák Múzeum Budapest | further information on Madzsar’s work here

Vine Dance “Andante”, 1920s

Harry Richardson Cremer :: Vine dance “Andante”. Gorgeous vintage nude Nymph, 1920-1930. The photograph is part of an amazing collection of vintage silver gelatin images from the estate of Harry Richardson Cremer. | src eBay
H.R. Cremer was a fixture of the international camera circuit from 1924-1936. His work was shown across the US & Overseas. Mr. Cremer was a charter member of the Photographic Society of America, participating in more than 100 photographic exhibits. His works are reminiscent of contemporaries like Alfred Cheney Johnston & Edwin Bower Hesser, shooting nudes & portraits alike. (quoted from source)
 
Harry Richardson Cremer :: Vine dance “Andante”. Gorgeous vintage nude Nymph, 1920-1930.

Hypnosetanz, ca. 1904

Hypnosetanz der Traumtänzerin Madeleine G. (le rêve danseuse Madeleine G.) in der Münchner Pyschologischen Gesellschaft, ca. 1904. Phot. Fréd. Boissonas (AS monogram: Atelier Boissonas). | src eBay
Madeleine G., born Marie Madeleine Joséphine Emma Guipet, née Archinard in Tiflis [Tbilis] in 1876.

Lilliput comparisons, 1940-47

(top) Ladies of Fashion, ‘Lilliput’ comparison from August 1940 issue and (bottom) ‘Dancers’, from March 1947 issue.
Lilliput Pocket Omnibus, a magazine by Stefan Lorant. | src Flickr

Anna Pavlova in Bacchanale

Madame Anna Pavlova (here, in Bacchanale or Bacchanal, around 1911), the celebrated Russian dancer. Beagles postcard nº 63 T. Ph. by Schneider. | src painting in light’s Flickr

Expressionist dance ‘Relief’, 1931

Atelier d’Ora -Benda :: A dance group of the Bodenwieser Dance Centre performs the expressionist dance ‘Relief’, 1931 (Photo by Arthur Benda – Ullstein Bild). | src Getty Images

Cochran Freaks, 1930

Sasha (Alexander Stewart) :: Serge Lifar and Alice Nikitina in a scene from the ‘Freak Ballet’ choreographed by George Balanchine, and shown in the Cochran Revue, at the London Pavilion Theatre, April 1930. | src Hulton Archive – Getty Images