On the Beautiful Blue Danube

Rudolf Jobst :: Grete Wiesenthal in her ‘Donauwalzer’ solo to Strauss’s ‘On the Beautiful Blue Danube’. She performed it at the Cabaret Fledermaus in 1908. © Österreichisches Theatermuseum and Getty Images. | src Wien Museum

Grete Wiesenthal

Erwin Lang :: Der Wind + Pantanz. Grete Wiesenthal, um 1909-1910, auf Holzschnitten ihres ersten Mannes Lang. | src Theatermuseum Wien

Nora Liina, 1920s-1930s

Estonian dancer Nora Raudsepp / Nora Liina (aka Nora Kaplinski) began her dance studies at Gerd Neggo’s studio. | src Estonian Theater and Music Museum ~ Dancing Free online exhibition

Dancer Elmerice Meyer

Elmerice Meyer (Elmerice Parts) by Atelier Eberth, Berlin. (nº 130). | src Estonian Theater and Music Museum ~ Dancing Free online exhibition

Dancer Sylvia Chen, late 1920s

Aleksandr Grinberg :: Dancer Silvija (Sylvia) Chen, studio of Vera Maya. A scenic study, Moscow, Russia, late 1920s (or ca. 1925). (Photo by Alexander Danilovich Grinberg / Foto Soyuz) | src Getty Images