Roshanara · Bassano · G.G. Bain

Bassano Ltd. ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock), 12 July 1915 (whole-plate glass negative) | src NPG
Bassano Ltd. ~ Roshanara (Olive Craddock), 12 July 1915 (whole-plate glass negative) | src NPG
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Roshanara [between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]. G.G. Bain News Service (glass negative) | src Library of Congress

Martha Graham by N. Muray

Nickolas Muray ~ Dancer Martha Graham. Shadowland magazine, September 1922 | src internet archive
 ‘A classic dancer of proved ability, who is a graduate of the Denishawn School’ ~ Shadowland, September 1922

 

Hori · Shadowland · 1920s

Ichiro E. Hori ~ Figure Study. Shadowland magazine, October 1921 | src internet archive
Ichiro E. Hori ~ Figure Study. Shadowland magazine, October 1921 (Full page)
Ichiro E. Hori ~ Laurent Novikoff in costume for the Ziegfeld Follies. Shadowland magazine, September 1922

Caption reads : Laurent Novikoff / A vivid personality lends much to the interpretative quality of his subtle art

Ichiro E. Hori ~ Laurent Novikoff in costume for the Ziegfeld Follies. Shadowland magazine, September 1922 | src internet archive
Ichiro E. Hori ~ Figure Study. Shadowland magazine, January 1922
Ichiro E. Hori ~ Figure Study. Shadowland magazine, Januray 1922. Full page | src internet archive
Ichiro E. Hori ~ Roshanara. Shadowland magazine, October 1921 | src internet archive
Ichiro E. Hori ~ Roshanara. Shadowland magazine, October 1921 (Full page)

Caption reads : Roshanara / The gifted British dancer whose work vibrates with the mysticism and color of India and Burma

Ichiro E. Hori ~ Roshanara. A new camera study. Shadowland magazine, January 1922 | src internet archive

Caption reads : Roshanara / A new camera study of the brilliant young interpreter of native Burmese and Indian dances

Ichiro E. Hori ~ Roshanara. Shadowland magazine, January 1922 | src internet archive

Lo Hesse as Ahnfrau

Franz Xaver Setzer :: Dancer Lo Hesse as ‘Ahnfrau’ (Ancestress) in a costume designed by Walter Schnackenberg, 1924. Photo © Archiv Setzer-Tschiedel | src Getty Images | related post: here

Anita Berber, 1923

József Pécsi :: Dancer Anita Berber, for Introduction to dances of Vice, Horror and Ecstasy, a collaboration between Anita Berber & Sebastian Droste, Berlin 1923. Published in Revue des Monats. (digitally retouched by la petite melancolie) | censored by tumblr from haunted·by·storytelling

Dancer in long skirt by Michaelis

Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ [Female dancer in long dark skirt, dancing with clenched hands], 1940s | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ untitled [Female dancer in long, dark skirt], 1940s | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ untitled [Female dancer (leaping) leaning back], 1940s | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ untitled [Female dancer in long dark skirt, dancing with clenched hands], 1940s | src NGA