La Jana as Venus, 1931

Atelier Martin Badekow :: La Jana as Venus in the play ‘Die schöne Helena’ by J. Offenbach, director: Max Reinhardt, 1931. Published by Berliner Zeitung, 20.02.1974 | src Getty Images

La Jana in Spanish skirt, ca. 1928

Atelier M. Badekow :: Schauspielerin und Tänzerin Henriette Margarethe Hiebel [La Jana] in einem spanisch-folkloristischen Rock mit weitem Umhang, undatiert, ca. 1928. Actress and dancer Henriette Margarethe Hiebel [La Jana] in a Spanish folk skirt with a wide cape, undated, ca. 1928. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Jenny Steiner by Martin Badekow

Atelier Martin Badekow :: Dancer Jenny Steiner, date unknown, probably 1930. | src Getty Images
Atelier Martin Badekow :: Dancer Jenny Steiner, date unknown, probably 1930. | src Getty Images

“Steiner Sisters”, 1927

Atelier Martin Badekow :: Dancer Jenny Steiner dancing with a puppet (“Steiner Sisters”) in a revue by Rudolf Nelson, 1927. Published in nº 42/1927. Ullstein Bild | src Getty Images

Steiner mimicking Baker, ca. 1929

Martin Badekow :: Dancer Jenny Steiner mimicking Josephine Baker, Nelsons Künstlerspiele Theater, Berlin, ca. 1929. Published in Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung issue 4, 1929. | src Getty Images