Jumper by Karl H. Lämmel

Karl Heinrich Lämmel ~ A woman doing a jump at the Logau school for women’s gymnastics in Hanover, 1930s | src alamy
Karl Heinrich Lämmel ~ Eine Frau bei einem Sprung in der Logau Musterschule für Frauenturnen in Hannover, 1930er Jahre | src alamy

Olympic swimmer dancing

Underwood & Underwood ~ Olympic champion swimmer Martha Norelius in a dance pose, May 1925 | src worthpoint
Reverse of the press photograph above, with credit stamps and snippet

Moderne Ausdrucksfigur

Moderne Ausdrucks-Figur!
Atelier Robertson ~ Die Tänzerin Ilse Laredo von der Wigman Schule. Die schöne Frau Nr. 10, 1931 | src ÖNB
Die schöne Frau Nr. 10, 1931 | src ÖNB

1936 Summer Olympic games

The American diver and gold medallist Dorothy Poynton-Hill during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
From: Photographien mit Aufnahmen der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1936 in Berlin | src Jeschke-Jádi Auktionhaus (JVV-148-561)
Lothar Rübelt (1901–1990) ~ Diver Dorothy Poynton-Hill, Olympic gold medalist in artistic jumping, 1936 | src OstLicht

Gymnastics · Finland · 1933

Rainer Sopanen ~ Voimistelua | Gymnastics, 1933. JOKA Journalistinen kuva-arkisto | src museovirasto
Gymnastics photo from book “Soita sinä, me voimistelemme”
Rainer Sopanen ~ Voimistelua | Gymnastics, 1933. JOKA Journalistinen kuva-arkisto | src Museovirasto
Gymnastics photo from book “Soita sinä, me voimistelemme”
Detail from image on top : Gymnastics (1933) by Rainer Sopanen

Gymnastics at Tanhuvaara

Gymnastics at Tanhuvaara, 1930. JOKA (Journalistinen kuva-arkisto) | src museovirasto
Water nymphs on a seaside rock (Finnish : Vedenneitoja rantakivellä) | src Museovirasto
Female gymnasts on a rock on the shore of Tanhuvaara gymnastics home in Pappilanniemi (the Bay of Vyborg) 1930.
Detail of image on top : Gymnastics at Tanhuvaara in 1930

Milča Mayerová, ca. 1926

Dancer Milča Mayerová, ca. 1926. From : Pestrý Týden (Colorful Week) / Prague, Wednesday, December 29, 1926
Dancer Milča Mayerová, ca. 1926. From : Colorful Week / Prague, Wednesday, December 29, 1926
Tanečnice Milča Mayerová ca. 1926 ~ Pestrý Týden / V Praze ve středu dne 29. prosince 1926 | src Moravská zemská knihovna v Brně
Dancer Milča Mayerová, ca. 1926. From : Pestrý Týden (Colorful Week) / Prague, Wednesday, December 29, 1926
Tanečnice Milča Mayerová ca. 1926 ~ Pestrý Týden / V Praze ve středu dne 29. prosince 1926 | src Moravská zemská knihovna v Brně

Frieda and Louis Berkoff

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Dancer Frieda Berkoff during a leap in the air. Underwood & Underwood. 1920s | src catawiki
Dancers Louis and Frieda Berkoff during a leap in the air. Underwood & Underwood. 1920s | src catawiki
Dancers Louis and Frieda Berkoff during a leap in the air. Underwood & Underwood. 1920s | src catawiki

Press Agency / Newspaper Stamp on the reverse reads: S/644A309 By Underwood and Underwood. / Louise and Frieda Berkoff. Here’s action: How many can do this? / For once in his life “Old Man Gravity”, the well known friend of Isaac Newton, came out second best when Louis and Frieda Berkoff prectised these spectacular flying “steps” of a new Russian dance on the lawn of the Carthay Circle, a Los Angeles suburb.
Photo shows: brother and sister “Up in the air”. An exclusive Underwood photograph. Watch your credit line

Bending over backwards

bending over backwards, bending back, diver, diving
Ron Bull :: Cindy Shatto dips her head into a downturn in the final of Olympic platform diving. Canada, July 25th, 1976. | src Getty Images
Ron Bull :: Cindy Shatto dips her head into a downturn in the final of Olympic platform diving. Canada, July 25th, 1976. | src Getty Images

Bending over backwards: Cindy Shatto of Toronto dips her head into a downturn last night in the final of Olympic platform diving. Miss Shatto was in second place after three dives; but fell back to fifth at the end; one rank ahead of teammate Teri York of Vancouver. Elena Vaytsekhovskaia of the Soviet Union; who said she took to diving because swimming is dull; was gold medalist. Canada. July 25th, 1976 (Ron Dull for Toronto Star)

Pavlowa (MPW March 1916)

Pavlowa The Incomparable in "The Dumb Girl of Portici". The Moving Picture World, March 1916 [detail]
Pavlowa The Incomparable in “The Dumb Girl of Portici”. The Moving Picture World, March 1916 [detail]
Pavlowa The Incomparable in "The Dumb Girl of Portici". The Moving Picture World, March 1916
Pavlowa The Incomparable in “The Dumb Girl of Portici”. Published in The Moving Picture World, March 1916