Tag: oriental costume

Bajaja Ballet, 1916

Karel Váňa :: Arnoštka Coufalová (as Fatmé) in Bajaja Ballet, 1916 (Choreographed by Augustin Berger, according to the model of Jindřich Kaan from Albeşti). | src Prague National Theatre

Roshanara in Berlin ca. 1910

Charles Trampus ~ La Roshanowa, célèbre danseuse Hindoue (sic), Berlin, vers 1910. © Ch. Trampus (caption on verso) | src eBay

La danseuse Creslin, 1926

Lucien Waléry :: La danseuse Creslin du Casino de Paris. Paris-Plaisirs, revue mensuelle esthétique et humoristique, 1926. nº 48. | src BnF

Maud Allan as Salomé, 1907

Foulsham & Banfield :: Maud Allan as “Salome” dancing during a performance at the Varietes, Paris, 1907. Postcard print, published by Rotary Photographic Co. Ltd. | src Fine Art America

Arabesque, 1925

White Studio :: Bela Lugosi and Hortense Alden in Arabesque, 1925. Reverse displays photo credit ink stamp and a descriptive caption label: Hortense Alden (the Bedouin) and Bela Lugosi (the Sheik), whom she lures to his destruction in “Arabesque”, a modern comedy of manners at the National Theatre. | src Heritage Auctions

Roshanara by Genthe, 1917

Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) ~ Olive Craddock (1894-1926), aka Roshanara, 23 March 1917. Glass negative (detail)
Arnold Genthe ~ Olive Craddock (1894-1926), aka Roshanara, 23 March 1917. Glass negative | src Library of Congress

Pola Negri in Sumurun, 1920

Pola Negri as Yannaia (a dancer) in Sumurun (aka One Arabian Night, Ernst Lubitsch, 1920). German postcard by Ross Verlag, Berlin, no. 642/5. Photo: Union Film. | src Truus, Bob & Jan too