Tortola Valencia, dansa oriental

Imatge de Tórtola Valencia en una dansa oriental [La baiadera. La bayadera. La Bayadère]. Cartell de Krenes (autor), ca. 1919. Thomas and Wylie (Impressor). | src Centre de Documentació · MAE · Institut del Teatre

Sylvia Chen, Vera Maya Studio

Alexander Grinberg :: Dancer Silvija Chen (also Silvija Chen). A scenic study, Vera Maya Studio, Moscow, late 1920s. (Photo by Aleksandr Grinberg / FotoSoyuz) | src Getty Images

L’homme et son désir, 1921

A costume interpretation for one of the bjällrorna in L’homme et son désir, the Svenska Baletten in 1921. Photo: Cato Lein. | src Dansmuseet on FB

Between 1920 and 1925, the Swedish Ballet (Les Ballets Suédois) had its own theater in Paris where experimental ballets were performed. Rolf de Maré, the founder and leader of the Swedish Ballet, hired some of the most innovative artists of the time. [src Dansmuseet]

Merkelbach’s advertising photo

Jacob Merkelbach :: Advertising photo, for Merkelbach's studio, with dancer Angèle Sydow, 1916. The letters of Merkelbach's studio have been thickened with ink and made more visible. | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Merkelbach :: Advertising photo, for Merkelbach's studio, with dancer Angèle Sydow, 1916. The letters of Merkelbach's studio have been thickened with ink and made more visible. | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Merkelbach :: Advertising photo, for Merkelbach’s studio, with dancer Angèle Sydow, 1916. The letters of Merkelbach’s studio have been thickened with ink and made more visible. | src Rijksmuseum
[Reclamefoto, voor het atelier van Merkelbach, met danseres Angèle Sydow (of Sijdow), 1916. De letters van het atelier van Merkelbach zijn met inkt extra aangedikt en beter zichtbaar gemaakt.] [Detail # 1]
Jacob Merkelbach :: Advertising photo, for Merkelbach’s studio, with dancer Angèle Sydow, 1916. The letters of Merkelbach’s studio have been thickened with ink and made more visible. [detail # 2] | src Rijksmuseum

Anna Pavlova, 1924

Anna Pavlova. The great creator of The Swan, the incomparable star of classical dance, gave two evenings of dances during the magnificent Olympic art season organized at the Champs-Elysées theater, that gained enthusiastic success. Original: La grande créatrice du Cygne, l’incomparable étoile de la danse classique, a donné, au cours de la magnifique saison d’art Olympique organisée au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, deux soirées de danses qui ont obtenu un succès enthousiaste. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, Juin 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica
Anna Pavlova. The great creator of The Swan, the incomparable star of classical dance, gave two evenings of dances during the magnificent Olympic art season organized at the Champs-Elysées theater, that gained enthusiastic success. Original: La grande créatrice du Cygne, l’incomparable étoile de la danse classique, a donné, au cours de la magnifique saison d’art Olympique organisée au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, deux soirées de danses qui ont obtenu un succès enthousiaste. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, Juin 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica

The Tatler, February 1922

White Studio :: Hasoutra dancing orientally in “The Perfect Fool”. The Tatler, February 1922. | src internet archive
Dainty Dancers on Stage and Screen: Ula Sharon, Ernestine Myers and Dorothy Valerga. The Tatler, February 1922. | src internet archive
Vivienne Segal in “Little Miss Raffles”. The Tatler, February 1922. | src internet archive

Tilly Losch et Toni Birkmeyer

Photo Abbé. Tilly Losch et Toni Birkmeyer de l’Opéra de Vienne. The two young and magnificent dancers that all Paris acclaimed last year. Original: Les deux jeunes et superbes danseurs que tout Paris applaudit l’an dernier. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, Juin-Septembre 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica
Photo Abbé. Tilly Losch et Toni Birkmeyer de l’Opéra de Vienne. The two young and magnificent dancers that all Paris acclaimed last year. Original: Les deux jeunes et superbes danseurs que tout Paris applaudit l’an dernier. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, nº 36, Juin-Septembre 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica

Maria Solveg-Matray, um 1929

portrait maria solveg by freiherr wolff von gudenberg 1920s
Freiherr Wolff von Gudenberg :: Actress and dancer Maria Solveg b. Maria Charlotte Stern. Half-length portrait, undated, probably 1929, published: Berliner Morgenpost Feb. 4, 1929. | original: Schauspielerin und Tänzerin Maria Solveg (1907-1993) eigentlich: Maria Stern. Halbfigur Porträt, undatiert, vermutlich 1929, veröffentlicht: Berliner Morgenpost 04.02.1929. | src Getty Images
Freiherr Wolff von Gudenberg :: Actress and dancer Maria Solveg b. Maria Charlotte Stern. Half-length portrait, undated, probably 1929, published: Berliner Morgenpost Feb. 4, 1929. | original: Schauspielerin und Tänzerin Maria Solveg (1907-1993) eigentlich: Maria Stern. Halbfigur Porträt, undatiert, vermutlich 1929, veröffentlicht: Berliner Morgenpost 04.02.1929. | src Getty Images

Lisa Duncan, 1924

Lisa Duncan. One of Isadora’s students who has just made a sensational debut at the music hall. Original: Une des élèves d Isadora qui vient de faire au music-hall de sensationnels débuts. Le Théâtre et Comœdia illustré, Novembre 1924. | src BnF ~ Gallica