
Emil Otto Hoppé :: Dancer Tamara Karsavina in ‘Le Spectre de la Rose’, 1911 | src E.O. Hoppé
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Emil Otto Hoppé :: Dancer Tamara Karsavina in ‘Le Spectre de la Rose’, 1911 | src E.O. Hoppé
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Claude Harris :: Bronislava Nijinska in Holy Etudes, with two unidentifed dancers, 1925. Nijinska’s Théâtre Chorégraphique.

Signed photograph of Ninette de Valois in You’d be Surprised,
the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, January-February, 1923. The show
transferred to London’s Alhambra Theatre, and ran for nearly 200
performances, until May 1923. Photo: Hana / source: Royal Ballet

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

Frédéric Daniel Boissonnas Baud-Bovy ::
Dalcroze exercises, undated, reproduced in André Levinson, La Danse d’aujourd’hui (Paris: Editions Duchartre et Van Buggenhoudt, 1929). Photo: Boissonnas.
Dalcroze ‘Eurhythmics’ system enables a deeper engagement
with music through physical movement and had an enormous impact on early
modern dance pioneers
/ source: Royal Ballet School
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Putnam and Valentine :: Ruth St. Denis in The Lotus Pond, 1915 / source: NYPL

Dancer Vera Nemtchinova, 1940. The dancer performs an arabesque in a short tutu.Biographical/Historical note: The Ballets Russes Australian season was from 30th December 1939 to 19 September 1940. / source:

Claude Harris :: Eugene Lapitsky & Bronislava Nijinska as The Bandits in On the Road, 1925. Nijinska’s Théâtre Chorégraphique.