
Barbara Morgan :: Martha Graham in Lamentation, 1935
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The dancer Valerie Bettis in Desperate Heart, 1944 (printed ca. 1982) by Barbara Morgan. This image of modern dancer and choreographer Valerie Bettis performing her signature work approaches abstraction. Her body is almost completely obscured by the cascading fabric of her skirt. | akron art museum

Ernst Schneider :: Anna Pavlova in costume for her popular solo, Papillon [Butterfly], ca. 1909-13. Photo: Schneider. Vintage postcard. / src: The Royal Ballet School

Ernst Schneider :: Burlesque dancer Betty Delaune in an ostrich feather costume in the Eric
Charell revue ‘Für Dich’ in the Grosses Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 1925 –
Published by: ‘Uhu’ 26/02/1925 / src: Getty Images

Ernst Schneider :: Revue dancer Betty Delaune. ca 1925 / Garbáty Berühmte Tänzerinnen – Bild 225. Garbáty Famous Dancers Cigarette Cards / source: Garbaty/BeruehmteTaenzerinnen

Ernst
Schneider :: German dancer and film star of the silent and sound era Camilla Horn. [Ross Mäppchen – Tobacco Cards / source: Atelier Ernst Schneider, Berlin]