Pfundmayr by Dora Kallmus

**Madame d’Ora** (1881–1963) ~ Hedy Pfundmayr in ‘Tanz der Salome’ (Richard Strauss), Vienna, ca. 1924 | src Ostlicht

On verso: “Wiener Foto-Kurier” agency stamp, label with text: “Hedy Pfundmayer (sic), Primaballerina de l’opera a Vienne comme ‘Salome'”. Also, several annotations in pencil on the reverse, as: “Berhümte Solo Tänzerin […] die Tänzerin Pfundmaier (sic)”.

Lillebil Ibsen by Bassano

**Bassano Ltd. ~** Lillebil Ibsen (née Sofie Parelius Krohn), 22 Sept 1920. Glass negative. | src NPG London

The Norwegian actress Sofie Parelius Krohn began her career as a dancer in 1911 at the Norwegian National Theatre. She trained with her mother, who was a choreographer and ballet teacher, and for a time with Michel Fokine. She took leading roles in Max Reinhardt’s productions in Berlin, including Prima Ballerina and Sumurun. Married to Tancred Ibsen, film director and screenwriter and grandson of Henrik Ibsen, she later became one of Norway’s most distinguished stage actresses, appearing in many works by Shaw, Wilde, Shakespeare and Ibsen.

**Bassano Ltd. ~** Lillebil Ibsen (née Sofie Parelius Krohn), 22 Sept 1920. Bromide print. | src NPG London

Agniel performs physical exercises

Marguerite Agniel performing physical exercises. Process print after photographs by Edwin F. Townsend, 15 February 1930

Marguerite Agniel performing physical exercises. Photographs by Edwin F. Townsend, 15 February 1930

Good Form in Figures : Exercise V – Exercise VI (1930) | src Wellcome collection

The dance of The Jungle Book

The dancer Ziuta Buczyńska in the dance **The Jungle Book**. Situational photograph taken in an atelier, 1937 | src National Archives of Poland

The dancer Ziuta Buczyńska in the dance ***The Jungle Book***. Situational photograph taken in an atelier, 1937 | src Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe

The dancer Ziuta Buczyńska in the dance **The Jungle Book**. Situational photograph taken in an atelier, 1937 | src Polish National Archives

Karla Grosch · Metal dance

**T. Lux Feininger** (1910 – 2011) ~ [Metalltanz], Bauhaus Dessau, about 1928-1929 | src getty.edu

Karla Grosch’s performance of Metalltanz, or “Dance in Metal,” exploited the reflective properties of polished metal. The avant-garde performances produced by Oskar Schlemmer’s Stage Workshop at the Bauhaus School are seen today as significant forerunners of modern performance art and multimedia theater.

The photographer T. Lux Feininger studied at the Bauhaus with Schlemmer, under whose direction theater and dance became popular and important aspects of the German school’s program. [text from getty.edu]