Category: dancer, Tänzerin, danseuse, danzatrice, bailarina

Ella Ilbak in dance pose

Foto Klio ~ Ella Ilbak in the dance Melancholia. From: Ilustret Zurnals (1.12.1918). Private collection of Alvar Loog | src flickr
Moise Benkow (1892 – 1952) ~ Tängerin (Ella Ilbak), 1933 | src Moderna museet

Ella Ilbak by Moise Benkow

Moise Benkow (1892 – 1952) :: Tängerin (Ella Ilbak), 1933 | src Moderna Museet
Moise Benkow (1892 – 1952) :: The Dancer (Ella Ilbak), 1933 | src Moderna Museet

Ronny Johansson, 1919

Uno Falkengren (1889 – 1965) ~ Dansösen Ronny Irene Johansson, 1919 | src Moderna museet
Uno Falkengren (1889 – 1965) ~ The Dancer Ronny Irene Johansson, 1919 | src Moderna museet

Nöd + Tre dansöser , 1917

Uno Falkengren (1889 – 1965) :: Nöd | Famine, 1917. Sepiaplatinotyp monterat på kartong. | src Moderna Museet
Uno Falkengren (1889 – 1965) :: Tre dansöser, 1917 | Three dancers, 1917. Gelatin silver print. | src Moderna Museet

Portrait of Loïe Fuller by Falk

Benjamin Joseph Falk :: Full length portrait of Loie Fuller, for the portrait she was standing still while moving the fabric of her white costume during the exposure, she stood on top of a mirror and was brightly lit, 1896 (marked nº 12) | src The New York Public Library (NYPL) via Getty Images

Loie Fuller in ‘Serpentine’ dress

Portrait of Loie Fuller wearing an early version of her “Serpentine” dress. The photograph features a full length portrait of the dancer kneeling amidst a pile of cushions, with her arms upraised, and a small carved snake clasped in her right hand. Her skirt, which is decorated with repeated images of snakes, is raised up and spread out in a wide circle behind her, date unknown, late 1890s. | src V&A Museum