Tag: late 1920s

Ruth Page in ballet Scaffolding

Maurice Goldberg ~ Ruth Page in a photo from her 1929 performance in “Ballet Scaffolding” (Prokofiev) | src Newberry library
Maurice Goldberg (1881-1949) ~ Dancer Ruth Page in Ballet Scaffolding, 1928. Bromide print | src Ahlers & Ogletree
Ruth Page was known for pushing artistic boundaries, which is coming through loud & clear in this photo from her 1929 performance in “Ballet Scaffolding” (Prokofieff) | src Newberry library
Maurice Goldberg (1881-1949) ~ Studio shot of dancer in costume, from solo by Ruth Page entitled Ballet Scaffolding, 1928. Bromide print | src Ahlers & Ogletree

The Aleph ballet · Virt and Leman

The dancers Galina Virt and Tatiana Leman. Jewish pantomime ballet “Aleph” (part or cycle 1: Jewish Bas-Reliefs). Choreographed by Vera Shabshai (1929) | src FGIS Goscatalog
Dancers Galina Virt and Tatyana Leman in the Jewish pantomime ballet “Aleph” (part 1: Jewish bas-reliefs). Choreography by Vera Shabshay (1929) | src Nadezhda Lamanova

From 1926 to 1934, Vera Shabshai (1905 – 1988) created about a hundred miniatures ballets, mainly on Jewish themes, to the music of composers from the Society of Jewish Music. These choreographic numbers, combined into suites on a specific theme, made up the extensive repertoire of “Evenings of Jewish Dance” and “Evenings of Jewish Ballet and Pantomime” organized by Shabshai in the seasons of 1929-1930 and 1930-1931.

The most popular piece of these ballets was the Jewish pantomime-ballet “Aleph”, in which she said she wanted to express through plastic means various moments of Jewish history from antiquity to the present day. It consisted of six pats or cycles: “Jewish Bas-reliefs”, “Mourning dances”, “Jews in Spain”, “Shtetl dances” and the pantomime “ Smena / Change”.

Albertina Rasch Girls Rio Rita

Albertina Rasch Dance Group in costume for Rio Rita (1927). Photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnson.
Albertina Rasch Dancers in costume for Rio Rita (1927). Photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnson.
Albertina Rasch Dancers in costume for Rio Rita (1927). Photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnson.
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, wearing Mexican-style costumes, in the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, wearing Mexican-style costumes, in the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, wearing Mexican-style costumes, in the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)

Stiller Weg (Steiner, um 1930)

winter landscape in pictorial style by Albert Steiner ca. 1930
Albert Steiner :: Stiller Weg [Silent Path], um 1930. Silbergelatine-Abzug. Auf Träger signiert und betitelt. | src Koller Auktionen
Albert Steiner :: Stiller Weg [Silent Path], um 1930. Silbergelatine-Abzug. Auf Träger signiert und betitelt. | src Koller Auktionen
Albert Steiner :: Stiller Weg [Silent Path], um 1930. Silbergelatine-Abzug auf mattem Papier, montiert auf Trägerkarton. | src Koller Auktionen
Albert Steiner :: Stiller Weg [Quiet Path], um 1930. Silbergelatine-Abzug auf mattem Papier, montiert auf Trägerkarton. | src Koller Auktionen

Irises, Arthemius, 1927-1930

Leendert Blok (1895-1986) :: Iris, Arthemius, ca. 1927. Autochrome. | src Box Galerie
Leendert Blok (1895-1986) :: Iris, Arthemius, ca. 1927. Autochrome. | src Box Galerie
Leendert Blok :: Flowers, Flower bulbs. Irises, ca. 1930. Example of early color photography using the Autochrome process. | src Nationaal Archief ~ Collectie Spaarnestad
Leendert Blok :: Flowers, Flower bulbs. Irises, ca. 1930. Example of early color photography using the Autochrome process. | src Nationaal Archief ~ Collectie Spaarnestad

Four Tulips, ca. 1930

Leendert Blok :: Floriculture, tulips, flowers, bulbs. Four variegated tulips. Example of early color photography using the Autochrome process. [The Netherlands, about 1930]. | src Nationaal Archief ~ Collectie Spaarnestad and Flow Magazine

Blok applied this first practical color process to photograph flowers for Dutch growers in the Bollenstreek. Using orange, violet and green colored very fine potato starch granules which act as a filter and which are applied to a black and white positive on glass, an image is created that can be viewed as a color slide. | src Nationaal Archief ~ Collectie Spaarnestad and Flow Magazine

Leendert Blok :: Tulips. Absalon (above) and Gloria Nigrorum. The Netherlands, 1920-1935. Autochrome. Early colour photography. | src Box Galerie & The Garden of Delight
Leendert Blok :: Tulips. Absalon (above) and Gloria Nigrorum. The Netherlands, 1920-1935. Autochrome. Early colour photography. | src Box Galerie & The Garden of Delight

Mary Wigman in Visionen

Charlotte Rudolph ~ Mary Wigman. Distinguished European danseuse at Chanin Theater, 28.12.1931(?) | src getty images
Charlotte Rudolph ~ Tänzerin, Tanzpaedagogin und Choreografin Mary Wigman in dem Tanz ‘Visionen’, 1928 | src getty images
Charlotte Rudolph ~ Mary Wigman, in dem Tanz ‘Visionen’, 1928 | scanned by ourpastdreams

Scanned from: Paroles de corps (la chorégraphie au XXe siècle) Thierry Villa, Ed. du Chêne, 1998