Albertina Rasch Girls Rio Rita

Albertina Rasch Dance Group in costume for Rio Rita (1927). Photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnson.
Albertina Rasch Dancers in costume for Rio Rita (1927). Photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnson.
Albertina Rasch Dancers in costume for Rio Rita (1927). Photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnson.
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, wearing Mexican-style costumes, in the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, wearing Mexican-style costumes, in the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, wearing Mexican-style costumes, in the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)
The Albertina Rasch Girls, sixteen ballet dancers, standing on point, wearing white ballet costumes, for the production of Rio Rita, at The New Ziegfeld Theater. Published in Vanity Fair, April 1927 (Photo by Florence Vandamm / Condé Nast / Getty Images)

Tilly Losch in The Band Wagon

Florence Vandamm :: Tillie / Tilly Losch in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931. In costume for Act 1·6: The Flag (danced by Tilly Losch)
Florence Vandamm :: Tillie / Tilly Losch in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931. In costume for Act 1·6: The Flag (danced by Tilly Losch)
Ira Daniel Schwarz :: Tilly Losch (Ottilie Ethel Leopoldine Losch) in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931-1932
Ira Daniel Schwarz :: Tilly Losch (Ottilie Ethel Leopoldine Losch) in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931-1932
Ira Daniel Schwarz :: Tillie / Tilly Losch in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931. In costume for Act 1·6: The Flag (danced by Tilly Losch).
Ira Daniel Schwarz :: Tillie / Tilly Losch in ‘The Band Wagon’, 1931. In costume for Act 1·6: The Flag (danced by Tilly Losch). Retrieved from hauntedbystorytelling

The New York Public Library hosts a group of around 150 photographs (shot by Vandamm Studio) of the musical The Band Wagon, unfortunately the resolution is very poor as well as the information provided: here is the direct link to them: NYPL/Billy Rose Theater Division/Vandamm theatrical photographs.

The Band Wagon opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theater on June 3rd, 1931, and concluded on January 16th, 1932, running a total of 260 performances. Produced by Max Gordon, with book by Walter Thomson and Howard Dietz, lyrics also by Dietz and music by Arthur Schwartz. Staging and lighting were by Hassard Short, choreography by Albertina Rasch, and scenic design by Albert R. Johnson. The cast included Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire, Helen Broderick, Tilly Losch, John Barker and Frank Morgan (among others). The show introduced for the first time Schwartz-Dietz’s song Dancing in the Dark (danced by Losch).

Structure of the revue: the musical comedy consisted in five sketches and thirteen songs or musical numbers divided in two acts. As far as we are aware, Losch took part in three of the musical numbers: The Flag, The Beggar Waltz (with Fred Astaire) and Dancing in the Dark (with John Barker).

Der neue Tanz: Tanzschule Trümpy

Das Leben Magazin, Sept. 1928, Band 6, Heft 3.
Tanzschule Trümpy. Das Leben Magazin, Sept. 1928, Band 6, Heft 3. | src Flickr
Tanzschule Trümpy. Wide World Photo. Das Leben Magazin, Sept. 1928, Band 6, Heft 3. | src Flickr
Ballett Mme. Komarova in der neuen Revue ‘La Grande Folie’ (Folies Bergère). Wide World Photo. Das Leben Magazin, Sept. 1928, Band 6, Heft 3. | src Flickr

Teerose, Alles aus Liebe, 1928

Madame d’Ora :: Schauspielerin und Tänzerin La Jana. Das ‘Teerose’ in der Wiener Revue ‘Alles aus Liebe’, 1928 | Actress and dancer La Jana. The ‘Tea Rose’ in the Viennese revue ‘Alles aus Liebe’, 1928 | Aufnahme: d’Ora (Dora Kallmus) | src and hi-res Getty Images

Maria Asti and Franz Heigl in the scene ‘Kakteenfenster’, 1927

Atelier d’Ora ~ Benda :: Maria Asti und Franz Heigl in der Szene ‘Kakteenfenster’ aus Ernst Marischkas Revue Alles aus Liebe, 1927. | Maria Asti and Franz Heigl in the scene ‘Kakteenfenster’ from Ernst Marischka’s revue Alles aus Liebe, 1927. | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)

“Steiner Sisters”, 1927

Atelier Martin Badekow :: Dancer Jenny Steiner dancing with a puppet (“Steiner Sisters”) in a revue by Rudolf Nelson, 1927. Published in nº 42/1927. Ullstein Bild | src Getty Images

Josephine Baker, 1931

George Hoyningen-Huene :: American singer-dancer Josephine Baker wearing a costume with a large feather boa/fan for her Casino de Paris performance. Published in Vanity Fair 1931. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Costume for Alles aus Liebe, 1927


Atelier d’ Ora – Benda :: Revuegirl im “Karlskirche-Kostüm”. Kostümporträt: Alles aus Liebe Revue, 30.9.1927. | Showgirl in “Karlskirche costume”. Costume portrait: ‘Everything for Love’ revue, 9.30.1927. | src and © Theatermuseum, Wien