Tag: 1920s

Ruth Bayton by Willinger

Laszlo Willinger ~ French revue dancer Ruth Bayton with banana skirt in the Revue ‘Der Zug nach dem Westen’ (The Train to the West) at the Apollo Theater, 1927 (published: Quer (sic) 5/1927) | src Getty Images

Ruth Bayton by Atelier Balasz

Atelier Balasz ~ Ruth Bayton of the Folies Wagram. Full lenght portrait in a banana skirt, role-picture in the Revue ‘Der Zug nach dem Westen’ (The Train to the West), 1926. Published in ‘Berliner Morgenpost’ 10.11.1926. | src Getty Images

Rigmor Rasmussen by Balasz

Atelier Balázs ~ Dancer Rigmor Rasmussen wearing a golden dance costume. Published in ‘Die Dame’ 10/1928 | src getty images

 

 

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Alicia Nikitina & Serge Lifar in Ballets Russes’ La Chatte, 1928. “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

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