Jane Reece :: Interpretive Dance, 1922. | src billyjane. From Federica Muzzarelli, “Il corpo e l’azione. Donne e fotofrafia tra otto e novecento” (Atlante, Bologne, 2007) [ trad.: Femmes photographes – Émancipation et performance (1850-1940), Ed. Hazan, 2009]
Handstand reverse planche, back-bend. Bonnie Nebelong, known for her routines – ballet type dances with contortion and tumbling, ca. 1940s. | originally posted on tumblr
Atelier Robertson (1927–1933):: Dancer Niddy Impekoven. From a group of four dance studies (Niddy Impekoven, Ellinor Bahrdt, Trude Engelhart, Ira Langenteels), ca. 1928. Each with the photographer’s studio stamp and handwritten annotations in pencil on the reverse. | src Ostlicht (Westlich) Photo Auction nº 14 (June, 2016)