Kees Scherer :: Moulin Rouge, Paris, 1953-1958 | src
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Tag: performing
The Flying Wallendas one of the most celebrated aerialists due to their seven-person chair pyramid, first devised in 1947. With no safety net below, their signature act led to tragedy on more than one occasion – the worst occurring in 1962 when three members of the troupe fell to their demise.
Paul Himmel :: Untitled (dance photography), ca. 1950. | src Kehrer Verlag
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Paul Himmel :: Ballet Swan Lake, New York, 1951-1952 | src Kunst Camera
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Paul Himmel :: Untitled (Das New York City Ballet tanzt Schwanensee), 1951-1952. | src arttattler via madivinecomedie and
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Carlo Leonetti :: Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn dancing, 1920s | src Broadway Photographs
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Abram Shterenberg :: Futile Precaution Ballet, Bolshoi Theater, Moscow, 1937. Vintage gelatin silver print. | src Nailya Alexander Gallery
Karl Andreyevich Fischer** :: Mytyl (Alisa Coonen) and Tyltyl (Sofya Khalyutina), in ‘The Blue Bird’. Konstantin Stanislavski’s production of Maurice Maeterlinck’s ‘The Blue Bird ’ at the Moscow Arts Theatre, 1908 / src: NYPL and Wikimedia
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** Photographer’s name on verso of the postcard: “К. Фишер Mockba”
Blanche Sweet (?) in costume, 1923. Forms part of Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (src: Library of Congress)
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