Tag: albertina rasch

Albertina Rasch circa 1920

Austrian-American choreographer and dancer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967) by unknown photographer (late 1910s - early 1920s)
Austrian-American choreographer and dancer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967) by unknown photographer | src Dimitri Tiomkin official website
Albertina Rasch [no date recorded on caption card]. Glass negative. Bain News Services. | src Library of Congress
Albertina Rasch [no date recorded on caption card]. Glass negative. Bain News Services. | src Library of Congress
Austrian-American choreographer and dancer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967) by unknown photographer, probably circa 1920
Austrian-American choreographer and dancer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967), prima ballerina at the Hippodrome and later choreographer of the Albertina Rasch dancers who performed between vaudeville acts in the mid-1920s. | src Hippodrome research blog

A. Rasch portrait and postcard

albertina rasch portrait probably 1920s
Albertina Rasch (1891-1967), prima ballerina at the Hippodrome and later choreographer of the Albertina Rasch dancers who performed between vaudeville acts in the mid-1920s. | src Hippodrome research blog
Albertina Rasch (1891-1967), prima ballerina at the Hippodrome and later choreographer of the Albertina Rasch dancers who performed between vaudeville acts in the mid-1920s. | src Hippodrome research blog
Albertina Rasch (1891-1967), prima ballerina at the Hippodrome and later choreographer of the Albertina Rasch dancers who performed between vaudeville acts in the mid-1920s. | src Hippodrome research blog
Albertina Rasch (1891-1967), prima ballerina at the Hippodrome and later choreographer of the Albertina Rasch dancers who performed between vaudeville acts in the mid-1920s. | src Hippodrome research blog
Austrian-American dancer and choreographer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967). German postcard, nº 7492. Collection: Didier Hanson

Albertina Rasch Girls Rio Rita

Albertina Rasch Dance Group in costume for Rio Rita (1927). Photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnson.
Albertina Rasch Dancers in costume for Rio Rita (1927). Photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnson.
Albertina Rasch Dancers in costume for Rio Rita (1927). Photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnson.
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, wearing Mexican-style costumes, in the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, wearing Mexican-style costumes, in the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, wearing Mexican-style costumes, in the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)

Tilly Losch in The Band Wagon

Florence Vandamm :: Tillie / Tilly Losch in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931. In costume for Act 1·6: The Flag (danced by Tilly Losch)
Florence Vandamm :: Tillie / Tilly Losch in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931. In costume for Act 1·6: The Flag (danced by Tilly Losch)
Ira Daniel Schwarz :: Tilly Losch (Ottilie Ethel Leopoldine Losch) in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931-1932
Ira Daniel Schwarz :: Tilly Losch (Ottilie Ethel Leopoldine Losch) in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931-1932
Ira Daniel Schwarz :: Tillie / Tilly Losch in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931. In costume for Act 1·6: The Flag (danced by Tilly Losch).
Ira Daniel Schwarz :: Tillie / Tilly Losch in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931. In costume for Act 1·6: The Flag (danced by Tilly Losch). Retrieved from hauntedbystorytelling

The New York Public Library hosts a group of around 150 photographs (shot by Vandamm Studio) of the musical The Band Wagon, unfortunately the resolution is very poor as well as the information provided: here is the direct link to them: NYPL/Billy Rose Theater Division/Vandamm theatrical photographs.

The Band Wagon opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theater on June 3rd, 1931, and concluded on January 16th, 1932, running a total of 260 performances. Produced by Max Gordon, with book by Walter Thomson and Howard Dietz, lyrics also by Dietz and music by Arthur Schwartz. Staging and lighting were by Hassard Short, choreography by Albertina Rasch, and scenic design by Albert R. Johnson. The cast included Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire, Helen Broderick, Tilly Losch, John Barker and Frank Morgan (among others). The show introduced for the first time Schwartz-Dietz’s song Dancing in the Dark (danced by Losch).

Structure of the revue: the musical comedy consisted in five sketches and thirteen songs or musical numbers divided in two acts. As far as we are aware, Losch took part in three of the musical numbers: The Flag, The Beggar Waltz (with Fred Astaire) and Dancing in the Dark (with John Barker).

Albertina Rasch dancing

Albertina Rasch dancing, 1920s
"Rasch dancing" The Viennese ballerina and choreographer Albertina Rasch, glass negative. George Grantham Bain Collection. Shorpy date it 1915, while in the Library of Congress it's dated between 1920-1925.
“Rasch dancing” • The Viennese ballerina and choreographer Albertina Rasch, glass negative. George Grantham Bain Collection. Shorpy date it 1915, while in the Library of Congress it’s dated between 1920-1925.
The Viennese ballerina and choreographer Albertina Rasch, circa 1920. George Grantham Bain News Service | src Amazon
The Viennese ballerina and choreographer Albertina Rasch, circa 1920. George Grantham Bain News Service | src Amazon
Photograph shows choreographer and dancer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967) dancing, between 1920-25. Glass negative. George Grantham Bain Collection. | src Library of Congress
 Photograph shows choreographer and dancer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967) dancing, between 1920-25. Glass negative. George Grantham Bain Collection. | src Library of Congress

Dancer Albertina Rasch 1920s

Max Pollak :: Ballet dancer Albertina Rasch, aka Ballett, ca. 1925. Drypoint. | src Annex Galleries
Max Pollak :: Ballet dancer Albertina Rasch, aka Ballett, ca. 1925. Drypoint. | src Annex Galleries
albertina rasch as a dancer, german postcard, probably late 1910s
Austrian-American dancer and choreographer Albertina Rasch (1891-1967). German postcard, nº 7492. Collection: Didier Hanson

Dancer Albertina Rasch, 1920s

G. Eder :: Albertina Rasch. One time première danseuse of the Imperial Opera of Vienna. She danced in the film "Virtuous Liars". Motion Picture Classic, October 1924 issue
G. Eder :: Albertina Rasch. One time première danseuse of the Imperial Opera of Vienna. She danced in the film “Virtuous Liars”. Motion Picture Classic, October 1924 issue
The Viennese ballerina and choreographer Albertina Rasch, circa 1920. George Grantham Bain News Service | src Amazon
G. Eder :: Albertina Rasch. One time première danseuse of the Imperial Opera of Vienna. She danced in the film "Virtuous Liars". Motion Picture Classic, October 1924 issue (Full page)
G. Eder :: Albertina Rasch. One time première danseuse of the Imperial Opera of Vienna. She danced in the film “Virtuous Liars”. Motion Picture Classic, October 1924 issue