Amateur dancers, 1920s

Just magic. Off studio postcard (1920s) | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
Just magic. Off studio postcard (1920s) | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
Serious Charleston dancing, 1920s (London studio stamp) | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
Serious Charleston dancing, 1920s (studio stamp: Anglo French Photo Co., 46 New Kent Road, London) | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
Egyptian in the studio, unknown date. | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
An Egyptian in the studio, unknown date. | src unexpectedtales on Flickr

Payne in Confetti (Nelson revue)

Nina Payne (holding a mask) in costume for the Nelson revue “Confetti”, by Studio Manassé (1910s) | src liveinternet.ru
Nina Payne In costume for the Nelson revue “Confetti”, by Hill, ca. 1916 | src HZG
Dancer Nina Payne with a dance mask in the Nelson revue “Confetti”, Nelson Theater Berlin, 1925. Photo: Atelier Binder 1925 (Photo by Atelier Binder) | src Getty Images
Tänzerin Nina Payne (USA) in einer interessanten Tanzmaske in der Nelson-Revue “Confetti”, Nelson Theater Berlinerschienen Nr. 42/1925. Foto: Atelier Binder | src Getty Images
Atelier Manassé :: Nina Payne die amerikanische Tanz-Akrobatin in einem ägyptischen Maskentanz. Revue des Monats B.2, H.8, Juni 1928
Atelier Manassé :: Nina Payne die amerikanische Tanz-Akrobatin in einem ägyptischen Maskentanz. Revue des Monats B.2, H.8, Juni 1928
Atelier Manassé :: Nina Payne die amerikanische Tanz-Akrobatin in einem ägyptischen Maskentanz. Revue des Monats B.2, H.8, Juni 1928
Atelier Manassé :: Nina Payne die amerikanische Tanz-Akrobatin in einem ägyptischen Maskentanz. Revue des Monats B.2, H.8, Juni 1928

Vera Mirova (brochure) part II

Vera Mirova brochure, page 5. Phot. Schneider, Berlin. Javanese dance. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, page 4. Phot. Schneider, Berlin. Japanese dance. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, page 7. Phot. Portela, Spain. Dance of Bali. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, page 3. Phot. Portela, Spain. Egyptian dance. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, page 3. Phot. Tamamura. The Snake dance. | src Iowa University Libraries

Vera Mirova (brochure) part I

Vera Mirova brochure, page 9. Phot. Schneider, Berlin. The Javanese Lotus dance, part of the Groedo sacred dance. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, page 2. Phot. Schneider, Berlin. The Burmese or Burman dance from Bali. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, pages 6 to 8. Phot. Portela, Spain. Egyptian and Hindu dance. | src Iowa University Libraries
Vera Mirova brochure, page 1. (G. Orloff). Portrait. Front cover of the dossier. | src Iowa University Libraries

Désirée Lubovska, 1918

Marcia Mishkin Stein :: “Russian” dancer Désirée Lubovska (aka Mme Lubowska), 1918. Désirée Lubovska was not actually Russian. It was the stage name of American born dancer Winniefred Foote. | src Worthpoint
Marcia Mishkin Stein :: “Russian” dancer Désirée Lubovska (aka Mme Lubowska), 1918. | src Worthpoint

A whimsical avant-garde portrait of Lubovska, the erotic Orientalist ballerina, as she strikes a dramatic pose in a risqué costume. This image was used to help promote Lubovska’s turn in Charles Dillingham’s musical spectacle “Everything” that played at New York City’s Hippodrome Theater and was accompanied by music by John Phillip Sousa. Mlle. Lubovska or Lubowska, as she was known, was born in Minnesota; she invented a mysterious Russian past as a way of capitalizing on the glamour of Pavlova, who was at the time, the reigning queen of ballet. Her romantic origin story also lent an air of mystery to her “Egyptian dances” as they were billed.

Marcia Mishkin Stein :: “Russian” dancer Désirée Lubovska (aka Mme Lubowska), 1918 (full size)