Maria Callas, ca. 1959

Maria Meneghini Callas backstage after a performance of Lucia. Photo: Paolo Costa. Autographed 1959. | src & thanks & link to original post on tumblr >>> Gnossienne

Merry Christmas!

Madame d’Ora :: Anna Pavlova, in costume for the solo “Christmas”, before 1929. | src State Library of New South Wales

Jarmila Kronbauerová, 1922

František Drtikol (1883-1961) :: Portrait of Czech actress and singer Jarmila Kronbauerová (1893-1968) with autograph. Vintage gelatin silver print on postcard. Blindstamp: “Drtikol & spol. Praha 1922”, signed in ink by the actress. Edition Bromografia Poděbrady. | src Aukční dům Zezula

Maggie Gripenberg, 1919

Atelier Apollo :: Maggie Gripenberg tanssii Verdin ‘Aida’ -oopperassa 1919. Esitys oli samalla oopperan kauden 1919 avajaisjuhlanäytäntö. | Maggie Gripenberg dances at Verdi’s ‘Aida’ in 1919. The performance was at the opening ceremony of the 1919 opera season. Blind-stamp: “Atelier Apollo Helsingfors” | src FHA – Museovirasto

Musidora (French card)

Musidora, 1915, France. Series: Portrait de Stars. French collectors card. L’encyclopédie du Cinéma’. Collection Cinémathèque Française. | src eBay

Ossi Oswalda, 1924

Ossi Oswalda. Die Filmwelt, 1924, Heft 31. | src ÖNB

Ruth St. Denis photograph addressed to Martha Graham

Lou Goodale Bigelow :: Signed photograph of Ruth St. Denis addressed to Martha Graham, late 1910s – early 1920s. | src Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance

Elli Kubjas, 1930

Elli Kubjas in dance pose, Tallin, 1930. Lehári’s Tsareevich (Estonia, 1929). Signed photograph. | src Eesti Teatri- ja Muusikamuuseum

Actress Gladys Cooper

Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), English actress, early 20th century. (Photo by The Print Collector. Hulton Archive). | src and hi-res Getty Images

Mary Wigman, ca. 1940

Photograph of Mary Wigman in Dance of Sorrow autographed, ca. 1940 | src Skinner Inc.