Category: role portrait, Rollenporträt, characterization

Marja Björnström-Ottelin

Marja Björnström-Ottelin, foto: Jan de Meyere. | src Dansmuseet • IG
Marja Björnström-Ottelin, foto: okänd. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Marja Björnström-Ottelin, foto: Jan de Meyere. | src Dansmuseet • IG
Marja Björnström-Ottelin, foto: P. Delbo, Paris. | src Dansmuseet on IG

Ervina Kupferová role portraits

František Drtikol :: Ervina Kupferova en Cléopâtre. Photographie originale, ca. 1920 | src Drouot

Tirage argentique en brun contrecollé sur carton représentant Ervina Kupferova en Cléopâtre. Ervína Kupferová, danseuse célèbre fut la femme de Frantisek Drtikol. (src: Drouot)

František Drtikol ~ (Role) Portrait of Ervina Kupferova, 1919 | src mutualArt

Elmerice Parts, 1921

C. Schulz photo studio :: Role portrait: Elmerice Parts in a dance pose with tambourine, 1921. [original: C. Schulzi fotoateljees Tartus. Rolliportree: Tamburiiniga Elmerice Parts tantsupoosis, 1921]. | src Eesti Teatri- ja Muusikamuuseum

Queen of the Night, 1939

German soprano Erna Berger (1900-1990) as ‘Queen of the Night’ in Wolgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera ‘The Magic Flute’ (‘Die Zauberflüte’), Berlin, 1939. (Photo by Ullstein Bild). | src Getty Images

De fåvitska jungfrurna, 1920s

On Christmas Day 1920, the newly started performing arts company Svenska Baletten was visiting London and the classic Christmas song was included in the music for the ballet De fåvitska jungfrurna. The ballet is based on the biblical story of the wise and unwise (ignorant) virgins. The ignorant maidens became a real audience favorite and was danced 375 times. Jenny Hasselquist i De fåvitska jungfrurna av Svenska Baletten, foto: Stage Photo Company, London, 1920. | src and more info at Dansmuseet on IG
On Christmas Day 1920, the newly started performing arts company Svenska Baletten was visiting London and the classic Christmas song was included in the music for the ballet De fåvitska jungfrurna. The ballet is based on the biblical story of the wise and unwise (ignorant) virgins. The ignorant maidens became a real audience favorite and was danced 375 times.
Jenny Hasselquist i De fåvitska jungfrurna av Svenska Baletten, foto: Stage Photo Company, London, 1920.
| src and more info at Dansmuseet on IG

Rhapsody in Blue, 1920s

Astrid Malmborg i Rhapsody in Blue, foto: Jan de Meyere. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Astrid Malmborg i Rhapsody in Blue, foto: Jan de Meyere. | src Dansmuseet on IG

Tora Teje (Foto i Scenen), 1927

Hofatelier Jaeger :: Tora Teje. Published in Foto i Scenen, January 1927. | src Runeberg
Hofatelier Jaeger :: Tora Teje. Published in Foto i Scenen, January 1927. [full page]

Jako-Mica in catsuit 1940s

Jacqueline Jako-Mica (Nicole Chaumot), dancer at Casino de Paris, ca. 1940s
Jacqueline Jako-Mica (Nicole Chaumot), dancer at Casino de Paris, ca. 1940s
Anonymous Studio Photos.
Jacqueline Jako-Mica (Nicole Chaumot), dancer at Casino de Paris in the Troops of Carla Conté, circa 1940s
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