Category: role portrait, Rollenporträt, characterization

The Dance of the Fools, 1927

Hans Robertson :: Harald Kreutzberg (1902-1968) dances in 'The Dance of the Fools', Berlin, 1927. Scherl-Süddeutsche Zeitung Foto. | src Alamy
Hans Robertson :: Harald Kreutzberg (1902-1968) dances in ‘The Dance of the Fools’, Berlin, 1927. Scherl-Süddeutsche Zeitung Foto. | src Alamy

The Girl from the Sky · Neame

Légende : Elwin Neame (1886-1923). Photographie faite pour la promotion du court métrage «The girl from the sky» réalisé par Elwin Neame en 1914. Angleterre | Lot numéro 4 de la vente aux enchères « 111 photos pour l’été » | src lumière des roses on Fb
Elwin Neame (1886-1923) ~ L’aviatrice. Angleterre, vers 1914. Tirage argentique d’époque. Image pour la promotion du court-métrage «The girl from the sky» (1914) d’Elwin Neame | src Yann Le Mouel

Chanson nègre, 1920s

Die Tänzerin Clotilde Sacharoff (Clotilde von Derp). Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration. Nº 59, 1926-1927. | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Paul O. Doyé :: Original-Fotopostkarte von Clotilde von Derp-Sakharoff im Kostüm aus ‘Chanson nègre’. Ausstellungskatalog ‘Die Sacharoffs’, Wienand Verlag, siehe Seite 205 (Abbildung der Tänzerin in diesem Kostüm). Katalog “Un Mito della Danza”, Bologna, siehe Seite 27, Abbildung 13. | Original photo postcard by Clotilde von Derp-Sakharoff in a costume from ‘Chanson nègre’. From the exhibition catalog ‘Die Sacharoffs’, Wienand Verlag, see page 205 (illustration of the dancer in her costume). Catalog “Un Mito della Danza”, Bologna, page 27, figure 13. (1920s) | src Zvab

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Fred Daniels ~ Loïs Hutton in costume for Pavane pour une infante défunte (Maurice Ravel) © Fred Daniels
src Richard Emerson: Rhythm & Colour: Dancing on the Edges Elephant Magazine
Fred Daniels ~ Loïs Hutton in costume for Pavane pour une infante défunte (Maurice Ravel) | src Elephant Magazine

Roshanara (1915) by Bassano

Bassano Ltd. ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock), 12 July 1915. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG
Bassano Ltd. ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock), 12 July 1915. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG
Bassano Ltd. ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock), 12 July 1915. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG
Bassano Ltd. ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock), 12 July 1915. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG

Roshanara in her Snake dance

Bassano Ltd ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock) in her Snake dance, 1913. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG
Bassano Ltd ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock) in her Snake Dance, 1913. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG
Bassano Ltd ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock) in her Snake dance, 1913. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG
Bassano Ltd ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock) in her Snake Dance, 1913. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG

Andrée Spinelly, 1924-1927

Andrée Spinelly, Paris, 1927 | src The Guardian: Fops and flappers: wild fashions of the 1920s
Madame d'Ora :: Andrée Spinelly, published in ‘Revue des Monats’, March 1927
Madame d’Ora :: Andrée Spinelly, published in ‘Revue des Monats’, March 1927
Andrée Spinelly, Paris, 1927. These bejewelled creations hit new heights of eroticism and sophistication in the outfits worn by dancers at Parisian nightclubs like the Moulin Rouge. src The Guardian: Fops and flappers: wild fashions of the 1920s
Andrée Spinelly, Paris, 1927. These bejewelled creations hit new heights of eroticism and sophistication in the outfits worn by dancers at Parisian nightclubs like the Moulin Rouge | src The Guardian: Fops and flappers: wild fashions of the 1920s
Photo G. L. Manuel frères. Mlle. Spinelly. The beautiful fantaisiste, who is also a high-class actress, has just successfully taken over L’Ecole des Cocottes at the Paris theater. Original: La belle fantaisiste, qui est aussi une comédienne de grande classe, vient de reprendre avec succès L’Ecole des Cocottes au théâtre de Paris. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, Octobre 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica
Photo G. L. Manuel frères. Mlle. Spinelly. The beautiful fantaisiste, who is also a high-class actress, has just successfully taken over L’Ecole des Cocottes at the Paris theater. Original: La belle fantaisiste, qui est aussi une comédienne de grande classe, vient de reprendre avec succès L’Ecole des Cocottes au théâtre de Paris. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, Octobre 1924 | src BnF ~ Gallica
French actress Andrée Spinelly (1887-1966) known as Spinelly. Vintage French postcard. A.N. [Alfred Noyer], Paris, nº 49, 1920s. Photo by Studio G.L. Manuel Frères | src Flickr