Category: James Abbe, James Abbé

Tilly Losch et Toni Birkmeyer

Photo Abbé. Tilly Losch et Toni Birkmeyer de l’Opéra de Vienne. The two young and magnificent dancers that all Paris acclaimed last year. Original: Les deux jeunes et superbes danseurs que tout Paris applaudit l’an dernier. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, Juin-Septembre 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica
Photo Abbé. Tilly Losch et Toni Birkmeyer de l’Opéra de Vienne. The two young and magnificent dancers that all Paris acclaimed last year. Original: Les deux jeunes et superbes danseurs que tout Paris applaudit l’an dernier. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, nº 36, Juin-Septembre 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica

Valeska Gert posing comically

James Abbe :: German dancer Valeska Gert posing comically on top of a hamper, ca 1926. She shocked the audience at the Champs Elysees by following the dancing tradition of Isadora Duncan. (Photo by James Abbe for General Photographic Agency). | src and hi-res Getty Images

Kyra at the Winter Garden, 1921

James Abbe :: Contortionist and Egyptian Dancer Kyra at the Winter Garden, wearing a costume with a satin crop top and matching fitted shorts, with the top attached to long, flowing curtains, walking barefoot across a tiled floor, Vanity Fair, 1921. | src Condé Nast via Getty Images

Dancer Rylis Hasoutra, ca. 1924

James Abbe :: Golden dancer. Dancer Rylis Hasoutra covered in metallic make-up, ca. 1924. | src Getty Images
James Abbe :: Golden dancer. Dancer Rylis Hasoutra covered in metallic make-up, ca. 1924. | src Getty Images