Category: role portrait, Rollenporträt, characterization

Der Tanz by Anny Heimann

Anny Heimann, Berlin, Tänzerin, 1900s, orientalism, veiled
Anny Heimann, Berlin :: Der Tanz. From: „Die Kunst in der Photographie", 1908
Anny Heimann, Berlin :: Der Tanz. Autotypie. From: „Die Kunst in der Photographie”, 1908
Anny Heimann, Berlin :: Der Tanz. Autotypie. From: „Die Kunst in der Photographie", 1908
Anny Heimann, Berlin :: Der Tanz. Autotypie. From: „Die Kunst in der Photographie”, 1908

Clotilde von Derp, two cards

Clotilde von Derp in dance pose. Phot. Debschitz-Kurowski; Verlag Hermann Leiser, formerly Louis Blumenthal | src internet archive
Clotilde von Derp in dance pose. Phot. Debschitz-Kurowski; Verlag Hermann Leiser, formerly Louis Blumenthal | src internet archive
Clotilde von Derp. Photo by Hanns Holdt. Vintage card; Orami Serie E. | src Virtual History
Clotilde von Derp. Photo by Hanns Holdt. Vintage card; Orami Serie E. | src Virtual History

Salome by Anny Heimann

salome, anny heimann, 1900s
Anny Heimann, Berlin :: Salome. From: „Die Kunst in der Photographie", 1908
Anny Heimann, Berlin :: Salome. From: „Die Kunst in der Photographie”, 1908
Anny Heimann, Berlin :: Salome. From: „Die Kunst in der Photographie", 1908
Anny Heimann, Berlin :: Salome. From: „Die Kunst in der Photographie”, 1908

‘Arethusa’ by Mme Yevonde

Lady Bridget Poulett as 'Arethusa' by Madame Yevonde Vivex colour print, 1935 14 3/4 in. x 10 3/4 in. (374 mm x 274 mm) Given by Madame Yevonde (Yevonde Philone Middleton (née Cumbers)), 1971
Madame Yevonde :: Lady Bridget Poulett as ‘Arethusa’. Vivex colour print, 1935 | NPG
Given by Madame Yevonde (Yevonde Philone Middleton (née Cumbers)), 1971
Madame Yevonde :: Lady Bridget Poulett as 'Arethusa'. Vivex colour print, 1935 | NPG
Madame Yevonde :: Lady Bridget Poulett as ‘Arethusa’. Vivex colour print, 1935 | National Portrait Gallery

Arethusa was a wood nymph from Elis, associated with the goddess Artemis. Pursued relentlessly by the river-god Alpheus, Arethusa begged for Artemis’s help in escaping his attentions. The goddess opened up a passage under the sea which enabled Arethusa to emerge as a spring in Syracuse, on the island of Ortygia (Sicily) – hence the seaweed in Yevonde’s sitter’s hair. (quoted from NPG)

Madame Yevonde :: Lady Bridget Poulett as 'Arethusa'. Vivex colour print, 1935 | NPG
Madame Yevonde :: Lady Bridget Poulett as ‘Arethusa’. Vivex colour print, 1935 | National Portrait Gallery

Irma Calson and Jean Börlin

Irma Calson och Jean Börlin i Chopin av Svenska Baletten, foto: okänd. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Irma Calson och Jean Börlin i Chopin av Svenska Baletten, foto: okänd. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Irma Calson och Jean Börlin i Chopin, Svenska Baletten, foto: Studio V. Henry, Paris, 1920. | src Dansmuseet's IG
Irma Calson och Jean Börlin i Chopin, Svenska Baletten, foto: Studio V. Henry, Paris, 1920. | src Dansmuseet’s IG

Éva E. Kovács, 1945-1946

Hungarian dancer and choreographer Éva E. Kovács (1922-2018), 1945-1946. Illegible photographer's name (right margin). | src MoHa / Mozdulatművészek Háza - Orkesztika Alapítvány
Hungarian dancer and choreographer Éva E. Kovács (1922-2018), 1945-1946. Illegible photographer's name (right margin). | src MoHa / Mozdulatművészek Háza - Orkesztika Alapítvány
Hungarian dancer and choreographer Éva E. Kovács (1922-2018), 1945-1946. Illegible photographer’s name (right margin). | src MoHa

Sadayakko – Sada Yacco

Sadayakko or Sada Yacco as Orieko (Ophelia), 1903 | src wikimedia commons
Sadayakko or Sada Yacco (1871-1946) as Orieko or Orié (Ophelia) in Hamlet, 1903 | src wikimedia commons

Sadayakko (貞奴), also Sada Yacco, was the stage name of the first Japanese actress and dancer, derived from a combination of her real name, Sada Koyama, and her geisha name, Yakko.

Sada Yacco dans le rôle d'Oriye, l'Ophélie japonaise: scène de la folie. | src Flickr
Sada Yacco dans le rôle d’Oriye, l’Ophélie japonaise: scène de la folie. | src Flickr
Sada Yacco, 1902. © Futaba Museum 二葉館 | src futabakan.jp
Sada Yacco, 1902. © Futaba Museum [ 二葉館 ], former residence of Sadayakko Kawakami. | src futabakan.jp

Model in Classical Costume

Louis Fleckenstein :: [Model in Classical Costume],1907-1915. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum
Louis Fleckenstein :: [Model in Classical Costume], 1907-1915. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum
Louis Fleckenstein :: [Model in Classical Costume],1907-1915. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum
Louis Fleckenstein :: [Model in Classical Costume], 1907-1915. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum
Louis Fleckenstein :: Model in Classical Costume, 1907-1915. Hand-colored gelatin silver print. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum
Louis Fleckenstein :: Model in Classical Costume, 1907-1915. Hand-colored gelatin silver print. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum

Censi in Cambodian costume

Giannina Censi in costume cambogiano di Mauro Camuzzi, [1930 - 1939] | src Mart · Fondo Giannina Censi Pubblicata in Vaccarino E., (a cura di) Giannina Censi: danzare il futurismo. Milano, 1998, p. 86
Giannina Censi in costume cambogiano di Mauro Camuzzi, [1930 – 1939] | src Mart · Fondo Giannina Censi
Pubblicata in Vaccarino E., (a cura di) Giannina Censi: danzare il futurismo. Milano, 1998, p. 86