
German dancer Anita Berber, 1922. Archiv Setzer-Tschiedel. source: Getty Images
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German dancer Anita Berber, 1922. Archiv Setzer-Tschiedel. source: Getty Images
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Sasha (Alexander Stewart) :: Alicia Nikitina & Serge Lifar in Ballets Russes’ La Chatte, 1927. “La
Chatte” (The ‘She’ Cat) is a ten-minute piece
with set and costumes by avant-garde artists Naum Gabo and Antoine
Pevsner. It was created in 1926-27 for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
and it starred Serge Lifar as the Young Man and Alicia Nikitina and
Olga Spessivtzeva in the title role. The music was written by Henri
Sauguet and choreographed by George Balanchine. / source: Flickr

Tree House (zoom in: it is a tree trunk!),
Washington DC, 1923. Dept. of Agriculture.
Back when the place was run by the Keebler Elves. National Photo Company. / src and hi-res: Shorpy

S. Georges :: Alicia Nikitina & Serge Lifar in Ballets Russes’ La Chatte, ca.1927. “La Chatte” (The ‘She’ Cat) is a ten-minute piece with set and costumes by avant-garde artists Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner. It was created in 1926-1927 for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and it starred Serge Lifar as the Young Man and Alicia Nikitina and Olga Spessivtzeva in the title role. The music was written by Henri Sauguet and choreographed by George Balanchine. / source: Flickr
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Anton Stankowski :: Foto-Auge (Photo-Eye), 1927. Photomontage. Gelatin silver print. | src Cleveland Museum of Art: John L. Severance Fund.
