images that haunt us
GIF with various images by Alvin Langdon Coburn of Japanese dancer Michio Ito
rehearsing
as ‘The Hawk’ in
William Butler Yeats’ half Celtic half Japanese Noh play: At the Hawk’s Well, 1916
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From the exhibition, Simon Starling: At Twilight (After W.B. Yeats’ Noh Reincarnation). Its goal is to examine how the
uniquely
highly stylized ancient
Japanese art form of Noh has shaped art outside of Japan in multiple mediums throughout the twentieth century.
Lester Horton in his 1929 work Pueblo Eagle Dance Nº 5 / src: NYC Dance Stuff
James Wallace Pondelicek :: The Sword. “Mlle. Theo Hewes, assisted by M. Symanski, in a picturesque Oriental dance developed from an old Japanese legend”. Published in Shadowland. January 1923 issue.
/ src: Library of Congress: Moving Image Section
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Mademoiselle Terpsichore at Tivoli Theatre,
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, ca. 1923 (Unidentified photographer)
The image shows an exotic dancer ‘Terpoichore:’ performing at the Tivoli Theatre. The inscription reads: “To Little Eunice, from Terpoichore”
source: State Library of Queensland
Alfred Cheney Johnston :: Muriel Martin in costume for the Ziegfeld Follies, published in Shadowland magazine, September 1922 issue. / source: Library of Congress: Moving Image Section
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Caption reads : Laurent Novikoff / A vivid personality lends much to the interpretative quality of his subtle art
Caption reads : Roshanara / The gifted British dancer whose work vibrates with the mysticism and color of India and Burma
Caption reads : Roshanara / A new camera study of the brilliant young interpreter of native Burmese and Indian dances
Maurice Goldberg :: Ruth Page and Hubert Stowitts in an Oriental dance number, Music Box Revue, published in Shadowland magazine, January 1923 issue. / source: Library of Congress: Moving Image Section
Ira D. Schwarz :: Ruth Page (left) and Hubert Stowitts’ Oriental dance number in the Music Box Revue, 1922. / src: Museum of the City of New York
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