Tag: kneeling dancer

Vera Milcinovic by Genthe

Arnold Genthe :: Vera Milcinovic, 7 January 1926. Nitrate negative (detail) | src Library of Congress
Arnold Genthe :: Vera Milcinovic, January 7th, 1926. Nitrate negative | src Genthe photograph collection (Library of Congress)
Vera Milčinović, also known as Tashamira (1906-1995), Croatian dancer and choreographer. Photo by A. Genthe

Carina Ari i Rayon de lune

Balletttänzerin Carina Ari (*), late1920s -early 1930s | src Nordicphotos on eBay
(*) Maria Karina Viktoria Jansson (Stockholm, 1897 – Buenos Aires, 1970)
Carina Ari i Månstrålen (in The Moonlight, aka Rayon de lune), Studio Granere, Paris, 1934. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Carina Ari i Månstrålen (Rayon de lune), 1928, foto: Studio Iris, Paris. | Carina Ari in The Moon Ray (Rayon de lune), 1928, photo: Studio Iris, Paris. | src dansmuseet on IG
Balletttänzerin Carina Ari in Kostüm für Rayon de Lune (late 1920s – ealy 1930s)

Dancer Ella Ilbak ca 1920s

Estonian dancer Ella Ilbak (probably 1920s). Her free dance compositions to the music of Debussy, Skriabin, J.S. Bach, Chopin, Wagner, and others (“Flame”, “Capricious”, “Prayer”, “Vision”, “Page”) inspired many young people. | src Estonian Theater and Music Museum ~ Dancing Free online exhibition
Estonian dancer Ella Ilbak, ca. 1920s. | src Eesti Teatri- ja Muusikamuuseum

Lubovska, January 1918

Arnold Genthe :: Lubovska*, 17 January, 1918. Glass negative. Library of Congress | src and hi-res Flickr
Arnold Genthe :: Lubovska*, 17 January, 1918. Glass negative. Library of Congress | src and hi-res Flickr
Arnold Genthe :: Lubovska*, 17 January, 1918. Glass negative. Library of Congress | src and hi-res Flickr
(*) Lubovska, aka Desirée Lubovska or Desiree Lubowska, born Winniefred Foote on June 21st, 1893 in Minnesota

Harald Kreutzberg, 1931

Hans Robertson :: Portrait of Harald Kreutzberg, German Avant Garde dancer, ca. 1930. Photograph signed and dated in pencil on mount “Robertson – 31” and dedicated/signed by Kreutzberg in lower right margin. Handwritten: “To my dear Mister King, Germany, 1931(?)”. | src BidSquare

«Märtyrer» · Martyrs · 1922

Anita Berber und Sebastian Droste in ihres Tanzstücks «Märtyrer». Die Tänze des Lasters, des Grauens und der Ekstase, 1922
foto: Atelier d’Ora, Wien | src Getty Images

“Märtyrer” hieß diese Performance von Anita Berber mit Partner Sebastian Droste (Foto von 1922/23). “Die Generation der Anita Berber war die Avantgarde”, hieß es in einem Nachruf auf Berber im “Filmkurier” von 1928. “Sie waren die Ersten, die das Recht aufs eigene Leben verfochten, für uns Nachfolgende durchfochten. Dass sie dieses Leben sich später verpfuscht haben, dürfen gerade wir ihnen nicht zum Vorwurf machen.” (text: Spiegel.de)

“Martyr” was the name of this performance by Anita Berber with partner Sebastian Droste (photo from 1922/23). “Anita Berber’s generation was the avant-garde,” said an obituary for Berber in the “Filmkurier” from 1928. “They were the first to champion the right to their own life, to fight for it for those of us who followed “We, of all people, cannot blame them for having botched it.”

Anita Berber and Sebastian Droste in Martyrs, scene from ‘Dances of Vice, Horror and Ecstasy’. Photographed by Madame d’Ora
© Madame d’Ora /​ Privatsammlung, Wien
Anita Berber und Sebastian Droste in dem Tanz “Märtyrer” (1922)

image right : Poster of an exhibition with photographs by Madame D’Ora (Dora Kallmus) in the New Gallery of the City of Linz on October 30 – December 2, 1984. Poster motif: photography “Anita Berber and Sebastian Droste in their dance «Martyrs» (Madame d’Ora, 1922). | src ÖNB

«Märtyrer», Szene aus “Tänze des Lasters, des Grauens und der Ekstase”, die sämtliche Tabus brachen. Fotografiert von Madame d’Ora Privatsammlung, Wien | src die Zeit

Martyrs, scene from “Dances of Vice, Horror and Ecstasy” that broke all taboos. Photographed by Madame d’Ora. Private Collection | src die Zeit

Gertrude Kraus in Tanzpose 1927

Atelier d’Ora ~ Benda :: Gertrude Kraus in Tanzposein in einem langen, taillenlosen Kleid, 27.04.1927. | Gertrud Kraus in dance pose in a long, loose dress, 27.04.1927 | src Kulturpool and ÖNB · Österrichische Nationalbibliothek
Atelier d’ Ora, Wien ~ Dancer Gertrud Kraus in a dance to Bach’s aria in G major. Dance photo, 27.04.1927 | src Theatermuseum, Wien
Atelier d’ Ora, Wien ~ Gertrude Kraus in einem langen, taillenlosen Kleid, 27.04.1927 | src ÖNB