Tag: 1920s

Hölle by Atelier Willinger, ca. 1920

Atelier Willinger, Wien :: Hölle (Revuefoto). Revue scene from the cabaret “Die Hölle”, das sich in dem heutigen Pausenraum des Theaters an der Wien befand, ca. 1920. | src and © Theatermuseum, Wien. Permalink (zitierbarer Link) zu dieser Seite: www.theatermuseum.at/de/object/8b015ba0ec/

Renjeff Trio by Atelier Willinger

Atelier Willinger, Wien :: Renjeff-Trio (Gruppenfoto). | src and © Theatermuseum, Wien
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Mura Ziperowitsch, 1920s

Mura Ziperowitsch, Wien, 1920er Jahre, Foto Anonym, O. J. (Anonymous photographer) | src Alles tanzt Ausstellung @ Theatermuseum © KHM-Museumsverband

Role models. Many female dancers dealt with given role structures and criticized gender specific role attributions. The nun is seen as embodiment of a nonsexual woman who dedicates her life to God. Hence the play with the nun’s costume is a game with female physicality and sexuality. Here we meet Mura Ziperowitsch, who by wearing a nun similar costume refers to the female corporality.

source Vienna Pride at Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

«Alles tanzt. Kosmos Wiener Tanzmoderne»

Plakat zur Ausstellung | Poster for the exhibition «Alles tanzt. Kosmos Wiener Tanzmoderne». | src and hi-res Theatermuseum © KHM-Museumsverband

Women in balloon costume

Honor Blackman, English actress, wearing a bunch of balloons in a studio portrait, ca. 1950. Photo: Paul Popper | src Getty Images
Dancer Helen Barnes, wearing a costume and headpiece decorated with balloons. Ziegfeld Midnight Frolics. Photo: White (NY)

Ziegfeld Midnight Frolics : The Ziegfeld midnight frolics was an annual review playing at New York City’s New Amsterdam Roof that was produced from 1912 through 1929. “Helen Barnes, ‘Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic’, Danse de Follies, New Amsterdam Roof”– written on verso.

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Rosalia Chladek, 1925

Rosalia Chladek im Vorraum zum Festsaal der Schule Hellerau für Rhythmus, Musik und Körperbildung, Dresden, 1925. | Rosalia Chladek in the anteroom to the festival hall of the Hellerau School for Rhythm, Music and Physical Education, Dresden, 1925. | src and hi-res Theatermuseum, Wien