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
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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