Letters from Ella Ilbak

Muuseumirott: Ella Ilbaku kirjad (Letters from Ella Ilbak)
Letters sent to August Gailit by Ella Ilbak, who started writing the memoirs as a book “Like a Deer Crying”. The letters reveal some characteristics of the dancer that are not included in the printed version of the memoir. | src Raamatukava

Dancer Helmi Nurk, 1920s

Dancer Helmi Nurk began her dance studies with Laban in the summer of 1922 and performed in Laban’s Tanzbühne till 1924, when she moved to Bremen. | src Estonian Theater and Music Museum ~ Dancing Free online exhibition

Nora Liina, 1920s-1930s

Estonian dancer Nora Raudsepp / Nora Liina (aka Nora Kaplinski) began her dance studies at Gerd Neggo’s studio. | src Estonian Theater and Music Museum ~ Dancing Free online exhibition

Dancer Ella Ilbak ca 1920s

Estonian dancer Ella Ilbak (probably 1920s). Her free dance compositions to the music of Debussy, Skriabin, J.S. Bach, Chopin, Wagner, and others (“Flame”, “Capricious”, “Prayer”, “Vision”, “Page”) inspired many young people. | src Estonian Theater and Music Museum ~ Dancing Free online exhibition
Estonian dancer Ella Ilbak, ca. 1920s. | src Eesti Teatri- ja Muusikamuuseum