
George Platt Lynes :: Dancer Tanaquil LeClercq in NYC Ballet production ‘Metamorphosis’, 1953. | src Life magazine
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George Platt Lynes :: Dancer Tanaquil LeClercq in NYC Ballet production ‘Metamorphosis’, 1953. | src Life magazine
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Tanaquil Le Clercq posing with George Balanchine in her costume
for “Metamorphoses,” choreographed by George Balanchine. Circa 1952. Source www.pbs.org






Nickolas Muray :: Dancer Dorothy Dilley standing on her toes and
bending over backward with arms spread in the air performing the
Butterfly Dance. For Vanity Fair, 1923. | src Getty Images
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A burlesque performer bending over backwards in a two-piece stage costume, ca. 1945. | src Getty Images