Category: dancer, Tänzerin, danseuse, danzatrice, bailarina

Dancer in handstand, NY

Strand (NY) :: Dancer in handstand wearing rhinestone costume. “The Littlejohns, Inc., Rhinestone Specialists” stamped on verso. | src Variety, Vaudeville & Burlesque. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library (NYPL)

Tänzerin Tilly Losch, 1937

Trude Fleischmann :: Die Wiener Tänzerin Tilly Losch, 1937. Die Bühne, Wien, erstes Juniheft 1937 (Heft nr. 449). | The Viennese dancer Tilly Losch, 1937. Die Bühne (The Stage), Vienna, June 1937 first issue (issue nº 449). | src Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Tänzer Toni Birkmeyer, 1937

Trude Fleischmann :: Der Wiener Tänzer Toni Birkmeyer in seinem neuen Tanz ‘Dämon Gold’, 1937. Die Bühne, 1937, Heft 449, S. 33. | Viennese dancer Toni Birkmeyer in his new dance ‘Gold Demon’, 1937. Die Bühne (The Stage), 1937, Issue 449, p. 33. | src Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Riki Raab als Pulcinella, 1926

Atelier Setzer, Wien :: Riki Raab als “Pulcinella” von Strawinsky, Redoutensaal, 1926. Tanzfoto. | Riki Raab as “Pulcinella” by Stravinsky, Redoutensaal, 1926. Dance photograph.| src and © Theatermuseum, Wien

Syrischer Tanz, 1920s

Anna Pavlova (Anna Pawlowa or Анна Павлова; 1881–1931) in ‘Syrischer Tanz’ (Syrian Dance). German postcard. Didier Hanson Collection. | src Flickr | related post

Ruth St Denis, 1922

The Parrish Sisters :: Portrait of woman with arms raised. Subject of portrait may be Ruth St. Denis who was photographed by Williamina Parrish in 1922. Signed: Williamina Parrish, 1922. | src SLPL, Grace and Williamina Parrish Photograph Collection