Philippos Margaritis :: Costume of Amalias [Greek version (?)], 1855 / src: beauty of hellas
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Lupe Velez circa 1925
Dancer Marcel Luipartin “Hamlet”, Köln, Germany, 1953 | unknown photographer
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Elli Sougiultzoglou
Seraïdari
(aka Nelly’s / Νελλυς) :: Dancer in the Acropolis, 1920’s [probably Hungarian dancer Lila Nicolska (Yelizaveta Nikolska)]
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Ninette de Valois (centre back) as Cupidon in a series of divertissements entitled Fanatics of Pleasure with Lydia Lopokova and Léonide Massine (centre) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1922. Photographer unknown. / source: Royal Ballet School
Vassar college girls practising their Greek dances, circa 1923 / source and hi-res: WHI
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Ashibe Odori, 1910′s
Maiko (apprentice geisha) Yachiyo II of Osaka, dressed for the Ashibe Odori, the public dances of the Nanchi Gokagai (Southern five geisha districts), which were first performed in November 1888. The geiko (geisha) of Osaka are known for their “hera-hera odori” or dances that feature acrobatic stunts such as handstands. / src: Blue Ruin
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