The Mask (Josephine Schwarz)

Jane Reece :: Josephine Schwarz, The Maskmaker (aka The Mask), 1924-1929 (signed and dated on bottom right). Courtesy of Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University via Ohio Virtual Dance Collection / Exhibits (2018)

Ruth Landshoff von Umbo

Umbo (Otto Umbehr) ~ Ruth Landshoff / Ruth Landshoff-Yorck (b. Ruth Levy), 1927 | src Galerie Kicken Berlin
Umbo (Otto Umbehr) ~ Untitled (Ruth. Sonne / Ruth. Sun), 1927 | src Galerie Rudolf Kicken Berlin
Umbo (Otto Umbehr) ~ Ruth mit Maske / Ruth with Mask, aus dem Portfolio / from the portfolio ‘UMBO’, 1927 | src l’œil de la photographie ODLP & Galerie Kicken Berlin
Umbo (Otto Umbehr) ~ Untitled (Ruth. Der Hut / Ruth. The Hat), 1927 | src Galerie Rudolf Kicken Berlin

Hedy Pfundmayr als Elektra

Rudolf Koppitz :: Dancer Hedy Pfundmayr with Elektra mask by Richard Teschner, 1930. Photoinstitut Bonartes via LL/51115
Rudolf Koppitz :: Hedy Pfundmayr mit Elektra-Maske von Richard Teschner, um 1930. Silbergelatineabzug
| src Bild-Akademie

Mura Ziperowitsch, 1920s

Mura Ziperowitsch, Wien, 1920er Jahre, Foto Anonym, O. J. (Anonymous photographer) | src Alles tanzt Ausstellung @ Theatermuseum © KHM-Museumsverband

Role models. Many female dancers dealt with given role structures and criticized gender specific role attributions. The nun is seen as embodiment of a nonsexual woman who dedicates her life to God. Hence the play with the nun’s costume is a game with female physicality and sexuality. Here we meet Mura Ziperowitsch, who by wearing a nun similar costume refers to the female corporality.

source Vienna Pride at Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Maskentanz mit Elektra Maske

Rudolf Koppitz :: Dancer Hedy Pfundmayr with Elektra mask by Richard Teschner, 1930. Photoinstitut Bonartes via LL/51115
Rudolf Koppitz :: Dancer Hedy Pfundmayr with Elektra mask by Richard Teschner, 1930. Photoinstitut Bonartes via LL/51115
Rudolf Koppitz :: Hedy Pfundmayr in Maskentanz (Mask dance), ca. 1929