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Sasha (Alexander Stewart) :: Alicia Nikitina & Serge Lifar in Ballets Russes’ La Chatte, 1927. “La
Chatte” (The ‘She’ Cat) is a ten-minute piece
with set and costumes by avant-garde artists Naum Gabo and Antoine
Pevsner.  It was created in 1926-27 for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
and it starred Serge Lifar as the Young Man and Alicia Nikitina and
Olga Spessivtzeva in the title role. The music was written by Henri
Sauguet and choreographed by George Balanchine. / source: Flickr

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S. Georges :: Alicia Nikitina & Serge Lifar in Ballets Russes’ La Chatte, ca.1927. “La Chatte” (The ‘She’ Cat) is a ten-minute piece with set and costumes by avant-garde artists Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner.  It was created in 1926-1927 for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes and it starred Serge Lifar as the Young Man and Alicia Nikitina and Olga Spessivtzeva in the title role.  The music was written by Henri Sauguet and choreographed by George Balanchine. / source: Flickr 

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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

Toboggan Mann von Lavinia Schulz

Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Tanzmaske “Toboggan Mann” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for “Bibo”, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Tanzmaske “Toboggan Mann” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for “Bibo”, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Minya Diez-Dührkoop :: Tanzmasken “Toboggan Frau” und “Toboggan Mann” von Lavinia Schulz. Costume designs by Lavinia Schultz and Walter Holdt for “Bibo”, 1924. | src MK&G · Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)

Anita Berber as Bingha

Alexander Binder :: Anita Berber as Bingha, costume designed by Walter Schnackenberg, 1922. Schnackenberg was known as the “Toulouse-Lautrec of Germany”. | src 50 watts 

Lo Hesse in Tschaikiun, 1921

Franz Xaver Setzer :: German dancer Lo Hesse in a Chinese pantomime [Tschaikiun] and wearing a mask, Vienna, 1921. Costume design by Walter Schnackenberg. | src Imagno · Getty Images
Walter Schnackenberg :: Ballet und Pantomime ‘Tschaikiun’ II (Lo Hesse), 1920. | src Colletti Gallery
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Atelier Setzer, Wien (1909 – 1939 Atelier) :: Lo Hesse. Rollenpörtrat. Fotopapier auf Karton. | src Theatermuseum Wien
Walter Schnackenberg :: Ballet und Pantomime ‘Tschaikiun’ I, print # 3 (Lo Hesse), 1920. | src 1st dibs