Tag: dancer, Tänzerin, danseuse, danzatrice, bailarina

Dances of Palucca by Kandinsky

From: Wassily Kandinsky, “Tanzkurven: Zu den Tänzen der Palucca,” Das Kunstblatt, Potsdam, vol. 10, no. 3 (1926), pp. 117-21. ph. Charlotte Rudolph. | src German Historical Institute
From Wassily Kandinsky’s “Dance Curves: On the Dances of Palucca”. Published in Das Kunstblatt arts journal in 1926. Photos by Charlotte Rudolph. | src German Historical Institute

Sydney Fox Studio

:: Olga Spessiva in Swan Lake costume,
Sydney, Australia, 1934. | src NSW State Library

Olga
Spessivtzeva (billed Spessiva for phonic simplicity or maybe to make
the name more the same length as “Pavlova” who had toured six years
before on her Australian tour).

“To Mary Marlowe, Olga Spessiva”, signature on the bottom right hand corner.