Category: role portrait, Rollenporträt, characterization

Pierrot Assassin, 1883

Paul Nadar :: Sarah Bernhardt dans Pierrot Assassin, pantomime de Jean Richepin, 1883. | src Les Nadar ~ BnF
Paul Nadar :: Sarah Bernhardt [photographie, tirage de démonstration] / [Atelier Nadar], published 1900. Photographie sur papier albuminé d’après négatif sur verre. | src BnF ~ Gallica

Lyda Borelli ~ Salomé

Lyda Borelli in her outfit for her stage version of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé. Spanish postcard by Amadeo, Barcelona.| src Truus, Bob & Jan on Flickr

Dancer as an Indian woman, 1923

Carnival. Dancer costumed as an Indian woman with beautiful feathers on the occasion of a carnival ball, 1923. [original: Carnaval. Danseres gekostumeerd als indiaanse vrouw met een prachtige verentooi ter gelegenheid van een carnavalsbal. 1923. Plaats onbekend. 1923] | src Het Geheugen ~ Fotocollectie Het Leven

Nyota Inyoka in her sacred dance

The Indian dancer Nyota Inyoka in her sacred dance, Theater des Champs Elysées, Paris, France, 1926. [Original: De Indische danseres Nyota Inoka die tallozen in geestdrift brengt met haar heilige dans, Theater des Champs Elysées te Parijs, Frankrijk, 1926.] | src Het Geheugen – Fotocollectie Het Leven

Die 11 Scharfrichter

Thomas Theodor Heine :: Marya Delvard. Die 11 Scharfrichter. The Eleven Executioners was the first popular cabaret in Germany, and its subject matter was political humour. Marya Delvard used to sing underneath a single spotlight, creating a performance that was both chilling and enticing. This poster is from a 1902 performance. | src The Guardian

Bebe Daniels in elaborate robe, 1921

Karl Struss (1886-1981) :: Bebe Daniels in elaborate robe, 1921 [production still from the movie “Affairs of Anatol”], 1921. Gelatin silver print. | src Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX

Anna Pavlova, 1924

Anna Pavlova. The great creator of The Swan, the incomparable star of classical dance, gave two evenings of dances during the magnificent Olympic art season organized at the Champs-Elysées theater, that gained enthusiastic success. Original: La grande créatrice du Cygne, l’incomparable étoile de la danse classique, a donné, au cours de la magnifique saison d’art Olympique organisée au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, deux soirées de danses qui ont obtenu un succès enthousiaste. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, Juin 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica