Marika Rökk beim Spitzentanz

Ungarischer Schauspielerin Maria Roekk / Rokk (Marika Rökk) beim Spitzentanz (in Pointe) veröff. Februar 1930 (published in February 1930. (Photo by Ullstein Bild. Uncredited photographer) | src and hi-res Getty Images

Harriet Hoctor by Edward Steichen

Edward Steichen ~ Harriet Hoctor. Unpublished photograph in a black costume, en pointe, with her arms in front her, 1934. Vanity Fair | src Condé-Nast store ~ Fine Art
Edward Jean Steichen ~ American dancer Harriet Hoctor on pointe in an arabesque, wearing all black costume which includes a cap. Vanity Fair, 1932 | src getty images
Edward J. Steichen ~ American dancer Harriet Hoctor on pointe in an arabesque, wearing a black costume and black cap. | src getty images

Danseuses, 1912

Pierre-Gérard Carrier-Belleuse :: Le jour de l’examen (danseuses), Salon de 1912, nº 6098. | src DelCampe

Karsavina in Petrouchka, 1909

Tamar Karsavina dans “Petrouchka”. Costume de Benois. Collection des plus beaux numéros de “Comœdia illustré” et des programmes consacrés aux ballets et galas russes depuis le début à Paris, 1909-1921. | src BnF

Dancing for strength and beauty

Figure V. «Rising on the pointe and attitudes for balance». From “Dancing for strength and beauty (renascent dancing). A critical and practical treatise”, 1921 by Edward Scott. | src archive.org