Category: role portrait, Rollenporträt, characterization

Fritta Brod by Hess sisters

Nini & Carry Hess :: German actress Fritta Brod (1896-1988) in the play ‘The Chalk Circle’ by Klabund (pseudonym of Alfred Henschke), Staatstheater, 1930. (Photo by Nini & Carry Hess) | src Getty Images
Nini & Carry Hess :: Fritta Brod, Schauspielerin, role-picture with a hat, 1919. Published by: ‘Die Dame’ 21/1919. | src Getty Images

Hanna Berger by Strelow

Liselotte Strelow :: Porträt einer Frau; im Profil; Tänzerin Hanna Berger; um 1943. | src Deutsche Fotothek & LVR LandesMuseum Bonn
Liselotte Strelow :: Portrait of a woman in profile. The dancer Hanna Berger; ca. 1943. | src Deutsche Fotothek & LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn
Liselotte Strelow :: Porträt einer Frau; im Profil; Tänzerin Hanna Berger; um 1943. | src Deutsche Fotothek & LVR LandesMuseum Bonn
Liselotte Strelow :: Porträt einer Frau; im Profil; Tänzerin Hanna Berger; um 1943. | src Deutsche Fotothek & LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn

Dancers in Egyptian costumes

Stanisław Londyński :: Dancers performing an Eastern dance at an unidentified theater in Paris, 1928. One of the dancers: Sophia Gruzewska. Illustrated Daily Courier (*) | src National Digital Archives of Poland

(*) original: Stanisław Londyński · Tancerki podczas wykonywania tańca wschodniego w nieustalonym teatrze w Paryżu, 1928. Dwie tancerki podczas tańca. Widoczna m.in. Zofia Grużewska. Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny | src Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe

Konopka and Welska p. 1928

Stanisław Brzozowski :: Dancers Alina Konopka and Stanisława Welska - situational photography; 1920-28. Daily Courier Illustration Archive. Światowid Nº 50/227 of December 8, 1928
Stanisław Brzozowski :: Dancers Alina Konopka and Stanisława Welska – situational photography; 1920-28. Daily Courier Illustration Archive. Światowid Nº 50/227 of December 8, 1928
Stanisław Brzozowski :: Dancers Alina Konopka and Stanisława Welska - situational photography; 1920-28. Daily Courier Illustration Archive. Światowid Nº 50/227 of December 8, 1928
Stanisław Brzozowski :: Tancerki Alina Konopka i Stanisława Welska – fotografia sytuacyjna, 1920-1928. Kurier Codzienny. Światowid nr 50/227 z 08.12.1928 r. | src Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
Stanisław Brzozowski :: Dancers Alina Konopka and Stanisława Welska - situational photography; 1920-28. Daily Courier Illustration Archive. Światowid Nº 50/227 of December 8, 1928
Stanisław Brzozowski :: Tancerki Alina Konopka i Stanisława Welska, Warszawa, 1920-1928. | src Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe

Ludmiła Bojarska 1926-1927

Ludmiła Bojarska, tancerka. Fotografia sytuacyjna wykonana w atelier, 1926
Lyudmila Bojarska, dancer. Role portrait taken in an atelier, 1926
Ludmiła Bojarska, tancerka. Fotografia sytuacyjna wykonana w atelier (w tańcu ‘Kwiat’), 1927
Lyudmila Bojarska, dancer. Role portrait taken in an atelier (in the ‘Flower’ dance), 1927

All images above this line are, according to source, in Public domain: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe

LUDMIŁA BOJARSKA Tancerka. Warszawa, 1926. pocztówka | postcard

Loda Halama in dance costume

Dorys (Warszawa) :: Loda Halama, aktorka-tancerka w stroju scenicznym – fotografia sytuacyjna wykonana w atelier, 1918-1933
Dorys (Warsaw) :: Loda Halama, actress-dancer in stage costume – situational photograph taken in the atelier, 1918-1933
Bil M. – Loda Halama, actress-dancer performing a dance – Role portrait photography taken in the atelier, 1918-1935
Bil M. – Loda Halama, aktorka-tancerka podczas wykonywania tańca – fotografia sytuacyjna wykonana w atelier, 1918-1935
Dorys (Warsaw) :: Loda Halama, actress-dancer in stage costume – situational photograph taken in the atelier, 1918-1933 (DETAIL)
Artystka Loda Halama w jednej ze scen przedstawienia “Tańcu z kulą”, 1938. Brak danych. “As” nr 27, 03.07.1938
The artist Loda Halama in one of the scenes of the performance “Dancing with a Ball”, 1938. Unknown ph. “Ace” No. 27, July 3rd, 1938

source of all images: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe (Domena publiczna) (Polish National Digital Archive)

Halama by Seymour in 1937

Maurice Seymour, Chicago :: Loda Halama, aktorka-tancerka (Leokadia Halama), 1937
Maurice Seymour, Chicago :: Loda Halama (Leokadia Halama), aktorka-tancerka, 1937 | src Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
Maurice Seymour, Chicago :: Actress and dancer Loda Halama (Leokadia Halama), 1937 | src Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
Maurice Seymour, Chicago :: Actress and dancer Loda Halama (Leokadia Halama), 1937 | src Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
Maurice Seymour, Chicago :: Loda Halama, aktorka-tancerka, 1937 (Leokadia Halama)
Maurice Seymour, Chicago :: Actress and dancer Loda Halama (Leokadia Halama), 1937 (DETAIL) | src Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
Maurice Seymour, Chicago :: Loda Halama (Leokadia Halama), aktorka-tancerka, 1937 | srcaNarodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
Maurice Seymour, Chicago :: Loda Halama (Leokadia Halama), aktorka-tancerka, 1937 | src Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe

Markova as Giselle ca. 1948

Baron (Sterling Henry Nahum) :: Dame Alicia Markova, professional name of Lilian Alicia Marks, English ballerina, 1949. She joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1924. | src Getty Images
Baron (Sterling Henry Nahum) :: Dame Alicia Markova, professional name of Lilian Alicia Marks, English ballerina, 1947-1948. She joined Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1924. | src Getty Images
Baron (Sterling Henry Nahum) :: Dame Alicia Markova, professional name of Lilian Alicia Marks, English ballerina, 1949. She joined Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1924. | src Getty Images
Baron (Sterling Henry Nahum) :: Dame Alicia Markova, professional name of Lilian Alicia Marks, English ballerina, 1949. She joined Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in 1924. | src Getty Images
Ballet dancer Alicia Markova performs as Giselle in the ballet of the same name. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
Ballet dancer Alicia Markova performs as Giselle in the ballet of the same name, 1948-1949. Uncredited photographer on source. Most probably photographed by Baron. | src Getty Images

Gert by Schenker · 1916

Karl Schenker :: Valesca Gert (Tänzerin), 1916. | src Deutsche Fotothek
Karl Schenker :: Valesca Gert (Tänzerin), 1916. | src Deutsche Fotothek
Historic Index card of the photograph above

Valeska Gert by Suse Byk

Suse Byk :: Valeska Gert mit dem (imaginärem) Haupt des Propheten | Deutsche Tanzarchiv Köln | Der Tanz der Salome
Suse Byk :: Valeska Gert mit dem (imaginärem) Haupt des Propheten | Deutsche Tanzarchiv Köln | Der Tanz der Salome