Tag: cabaret dancer

«Alaska and Erna», 1930

Eric Wollheim :: «Alaska and Erna», 1930. Vintage warm-toned gelatin silver print. Annotated Daily Mail in pencil on the verso. The press text on the verso reads: “Fascinating New Spanish Dancers Alaska and Erna, will make their first appearance in England at the London Coliseum next week, March 24”. | src Bassenge Auktionen

Cilli Wang in «Das Gespenst»

Cilli Wang in «Das Gespenst», 1936. Foto: Gevaert. Ausstellung Alles Tanzt. Kosmos Wiener Tanzmoderne | src Theatermuseum Wien
Detail from: Cilli Wang (Zäzilie Wang) in «Das Gespenst», 1936. Foto: Gevaert. Ausstellung Alles Tanzt im Theatermuseum Wien

Valeska Gert, 1918

Atelier Leopold :: Valeska Gert, 1918. German card (Munich). Collection: Didier Hanson. | src Flickr
“Jewish cabaret artist Waleska Gert (1892-1978) and her dark, aquiline features became famous in Berlin with her radical modern dances. She was also active as an artists’ model and appeared in several classics of the Weimar cinema. After a comeback in Fellini’s Giulietta degli spiriti / Juliet of the Spirits (1965), she worked with the film makers of the New German Cinema of the 1970s.” (quoted from source)