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Anita Berber, ca. 1918

Zander & Labisch, Anita Berber, 1918, Die Dame
Zander & Labisch :: Actress and dancer Anita Berber dancing. Published in ‘Die Dame’ 06-1918. | src and hi-res Getty Images
Anita Berber, (*10.06.1899-10.11.1928+) , Dancer, actress, Germany, dancing, - published in 'Dame' 06/1918 (Photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images)
German dancer and actress Anita Berber dancing, published in Die Dame 06/1918 (Photographed probably by Zander and Labisch; uncredited on source) | src Getty Images

“Eine Tänzerin voll Frische und voll lebendigen Glücks an ihrem Dasein”: Enthusiastisch pries ein Journalist des “Börsen-Kurier” 1917 das Talent Anita Berbers. Auch der Berliner Autor und Kritiker Oscar Bie war beeindruckt: “Das Stärkste wird in reiner Akrobatik erreicht, in groteskem Zittern, Verschlingen, Schlagen, Werfen, Überschneiden”, schrieb er über Berber.

“A dancer full of freshness and full of lively happiness in her existence”: a journalist from the “Börsen-Kurier” enthusiastically praised Anita Berber’s talent in 1917. The Berlin author and critic Oscar Bie was also impressed: “The strongest is achieved in pure acrobatics, in grotesque trembling, devouring, hitting, throwing, overlapping,” he wrote of Berber.

quoted from Der Spiegel: Anita Berber – die Hohepriesterin des Lasters

becker und maass anita berber postcard
Becker & Maass (Berlin) :: Tänzerin und Schauspielerin Anita Berber (1899-1928). Postkarte. | src Welt.de

Mary Wigman: Ballade / Ballad

Mary Wigman. Ballade. Aus: Die Verwandlungen der Mary Wigman [The Metamorphoses of Mary Wigman], Urban-Verlag, Freiburg. Der Kreis: Zeitschrift für künstlerische Kultur; Organ der Hamburger Bühne, Zwölftes Heft, Dezember 1932 | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg

Plastic pose and study, late 1920s

A. Grinberg (?) :: Ornamental plastic pose, mid-1920s. Artist’s photographic print. Catalogue of the third “Art of Movement”
exhibition, 1927, No. 277. OE | src Nicoletta Misler’s The Russian Art of Movement 1920-1930
O. Engel’s, Plastic study, 1926. Pencil and ink on paper, 25 x 20 cm. Signed and dated: “Engel’s 1926”. OE | src Nicoletta Misler’s The Russian Art of Movement 1920-1930

Oriental dance, 1920s

Otton Engel’s Oriental dance, mid-1920s. Collage and coloured paper on paper. Catalogue of the third “Art of Movement” exhibition, 1927, Nº 543. OE | src Nicoletta Misler’s The Russian Art of Movement 1920-1930

Egyptian prayer, 1920s

Nikolai Ivanovich Svishtov aka Nikolai Svishtov-Paola :: Egyptian prayer (A. Shapovalova), early 1920s. Original photographic print. Catalogue of the second “Art of Movement” exhibition, 1926, nº 299. RGALI. | src Nicoletta Misler’s The Russian Art of Movement

Mary Wigman in a dance scene, 1936

Tänzerin, Tanzpaedagogin und Choreografin Mary Wigman (Eigentlich Marie Wiegmann). Ganzkoerperaufnahme, in einer Tanzszene, 1936. | Dancer, dance teacher ad choreographer Mary Wigman (b. Marie Wiegmann). Full body shot, in a dance scene [scene maybe Pastorale from Shifting Landscape, 1929], 1936. | src and hi-res Getty Images