Category: role portrait, Rollenporträt, characterization

La danseuse Jeanne Ronsay, 1923

Gilbert René :: La danseuse Jeanne Ronsay qui vient de remporter un vif succès à la Comédie des Champs-Élysées. Photo Gilbert René. La Danse, déc. 1923. | src CND ~ Médiathèque

Ruth St Denis in The Cobras 1906

Aura Hartwig ~ Portrait of Ruth St. Denis in 'The Cobras', 1906
Aura Hartwig ~ Role portrait of Ruth St. Denis in The Cobras, 1906 | src Alamy & NYPL
Aura Hartwig ~ Portrait of Ruth St. Denis in The Cobras, 1906 | src Alamy & NYPL
Aura Hartwig ~ Role portrait of Ruth St. Denis in The Cobras, 1906 | src Alamy & NYPL
Aura Hartwig ~ Portrait of Ruth St. Denis in The Cobras, 1906 | src Alamy & NYPL
Aura Hartwig ~ Portrait of Ruth St. Denis in 'The Cobras', 1906
Aura Hartwig ~ Role portrait of Ruth St. Denis in The Cobras, 1906 | src Alamy & NYPL

Tora Teje as Salome, 1915

Hofatelier Jaeger :: Tora Teje in Oscar Wilde’s Salome, directed by Gunnar Klintberg, Svenska Teatern, 1915. Swedish postcards by Axel Eliassons Konstförlag, Stockholm, nº 354 to 357. | src Teater Sargasso Sweden

Ronny Johansson, 1919

Uno Falkengren (1889 – 1965) ~ Dansösen Ronny Irene Johansson, 1919 | src Moderna museet
Uno Falkengren (1889 – 1965) ~ The Dancer Ronny Irene Johansson, 1919 | src Moderna museet

Loie Fuller par Henri Manuel

Henri Manuel (1874-1947) ~ Loïe Fuller in Robert d’Humières’ Tragédie de Salomé at the Théâtre des Arts, Paris, 1907 | src Ader
Henri Manuel (1874-1947) ~ Loïe Fuller (1862 – 1928) in attrezzo for the Tragedy of Salome, 1896 | src getty images

“We are spirits of another sort”

Victor Jory as Oberon: “We are spirits of another sort.” (III.ii.388)
Oberon, King of the Fairies, rules the Fairy Kingdom. A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Warner Brothers, 1935), directed by William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt. Photographer: Hans Fred Konekamp. Still photographer: Mickey Marigold. | src Cleveland State University

Dancer Anton Birkmayer, 1922

The dancer Anton Birkmayer. Published in La Danse, November 1922. Front cover | src CND ~ Médiathèque
The dancer Anton Birkmayer. Published in La Danse, November 1922 | src CND ~ Médiathèque

Janine Solane as St. Sébastien

Dancer Janine Solane as St. Sébastien. Published in Revue de la Danse nº4, Avril 1948. | src CND ~ Médiathèque

Bajaja Ballet, 1916

Karel Váňa :: Arnoštka Coufalová (as Fatmé) in Bajaja Ballet, 1916 (Choreographed by Augustin Berger, according to the model of Jindřich Kaan from Albeşti). | src Prague National Theatre