Expressionist dance ‘Relief’, 1931

Atelier d’Ora -Benda :: A dance group of the Bodenwieser Dance Centre performs the expressionist dance ‘Relief’, 1931 (Photo by Arthur Benda – Ullstein Bild). | src Getty Images

Die Tänzerin Trudl Dubsky, 1930

Madame d’Ora :: Die Tänzerin Trudl Dubsky, Mitglied des Bodenwieser-Ensembles. Wien, um 1930. | Dancer Trudl Dubsky, member of the Bodenwieser ensemble. Vienna, ca. 1930. | src Wina. Das Jüdische Stadtmagazin

Wiegenlied der Mutter Erde, 1936

Atelier d’Ora – Benda :: Schule d. Fr. Prof. Bodenwieser. Anfang des Tanzes ‘Wiegenlied der Mutter Erde’, 1936. | School d. Prof. Gertrud Bodenwieser. Beginning of the dance “Lullaby of Mother Earth” | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg) | alternative rendition of this photography

Demon Machine, 1930s

Ernst Sand :: De “machine, uitgebeeld door het Bodenwieser Ballet. Demon Machine performed by the Bodenwieser Ballet. Undated, probably 1930s.| src Archief Het Leven [Leven 022] Nationaal Archief
Atelier dʼOra-Benda :: Poses from The Demon Machine, 1936 | src National Library of Australia

Hilary Napier and Shona Dunlop

Margaret Michaelis-Sachs :: Encounter [Shona Dunlop and Hilary Napier in ‘Seastudy’] ca. 1947 | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902-1985) :: Encounter [Shona Dunlop and Hilary Napier in ‘Seastudy’], 1947 | src NGA

Hilary Napier by M. Michaelis

Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ No title [Hilary Napier in ‘Exaltation’], 1947 | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ Bodenwieser Ballet open air performance, featuring Hilary Napier, 1940 | src NLA · National library of Australia

Margaret Chapple by M. Michaelis

Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ Margaret Chapple, Sydney, 1950 | src NGA

Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ Bodenwieser Ballet performance of the handicraft scene in Pilgrimage of Truth, featuring Margaret Chapple, ca. 1950 | src NLA

According to source, the image above may have been a promotional photograph taken for the Bodenwieser Ballet’s tour of South Africa in 1950

Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ No title [Margaret Chapple in ‘The Imaginary Invalid’], Sydney, 1950 | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902-1985) ~ Dancer [Margaret Chapple], Sydney, 1950 | src NGA