Barbara Morgan :: Puritan Love Duet portrays dancer and choreographer Martha Graham performing a piece from her 1938 composition, “An American Document,” with Erick Hawkins. Morgan captures this split-second image of the the dancers in motion in 1939. | src Museum of Women in the Arts

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Martha Graham by N. Muray

Nickolas Muray ~ Dancer Martha Graham. Shadowland magazine, September 1922 | src internet archive
 ‘A classic dancer of proved ability, who is a graduate of the Denishawn School’ ~ Shadowland, September 1922

 

Hilary Napier and Shona Dunlop

Margaret Michaelis-Sachs :: Encounter [Shona Dunlop and Hilary Napier in ‘Seastudy’] ca. 1947 | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902-1985) :: Encounter [Shona Dunlop and Hilary Napier in ‘Seastudy’], 1947 | src NGA

Dancer in long skirt by Michaelis

Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ [Female dancer in long dark skirt, dancing with clenched hands], 1940s | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ untitled [Female dancer in long, dark skirt], 1940s | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ untitled [Female dancer (leaping) leaning back], 1940s | src NGA
Margaret Michaelis (1902-1985) ~ untitled [Female dancer in long dark skirt, dancing with clenched hands], 1940s | src NGA