Category: dancer, Tänzerin, danseuse, danzatrice, bailarina

Dancing for strength and beauty

Figure V. «Rising on the pointe and attitudes for balance». From “Dancing for strength and beauty (renascent dancing). A critical and practical treatise”, 1921 by Edward Scott. | src archive.org

Dancer Albertina Rasch, 1920s

G. Eder :: Albertina Rasch. One time première danseuse of the Imperial Opera of Vienna. She danced in the film "Virtuous Liars". Motion Picture Classic, October 1924 issue
G. Eder :: Albertina Rasch. One time première danseuse of the Imperial Opera of Vienna. She danced in the film “Virtuous Liars”. Motion Picture Classic, October 1924 issue
The Viennese ballerina and choreographer Albertina Rasch, circa 1920. George Grantham Bain News Service | src Amazon
G. Eder :: Albertina Rasch. One time première danseuse of the Imperial Opera of Vienna. She danced in the film "Virtuous Liars". Motion Picture Classic, October 1924 issue (Full page)
G. Eder :: Albertina Rasch. One time première danseuse of the Imperial Opera of Vienna. She danced in the film “Virtuous Liars”. Motion Picture Classic, October 1924 issue

Ilse Vigdor in a tulle dress, 1927

Koenig-Rohde :: German actress and dancer Ilse Vigdor wearing a tulle dress, 1927. Photo by Koenig-Rohde. Vintage property of Ullstein Bild . | src and hi-res Getty Images

La Jana, an erotic dancer, 1929

Arthur Benda [Atelier d’Ora~Benda] :: Carnaval. La Jana, een erotische danseres en filmactrice in de 20er jaren in fraaie carnavalskleding tijdens een bal in Wenen, 1929. | Carnival. La Jana (Henriette Margarethe Hiebel), an erotic dancer and film actress in a 1920s in fancy carnival attire at a ball in Vienna, 1929. | src Fotocollectie Het Leven

Dancer (Stella Knight Ruess)

Page 9. From the Scrapbook kept by Stella Knight Ruess containing photographs, articles, poems, and notices related to dance performances from 1913 to 1952. | src University of Utah ~ J. Willard Marriott Library @ Omnia and MWDL

Die Dame vom Olymp, 1923

Suse Byk :: Dancer Jenny Steiner in the revue 'Die Dame vom Olymp' by Rudolf Nelson, 1923. Published in 'Die Dame' 18-1923. | src Getty Images
Suse Byk :: Dancer Jenny Steiner in the revue ‘Die Dame vom Olymp’ by Rudolf Nelson, 1923. Published in ‘Die Dame’ 18/1923. | src Getty Images