Hugh Lain as Petrouchka, 1948

Carl van Vechten :: Hugh Laing as Petrouchka in Petrouchka, choreographed by Michel Fokine. Published / Created: May 7th., 1948. | src Yale University Library
Carl van Vechten :: Hugh Laing as Petrouchka in Petrouchka, choreographed by Michel Fokine. Published / Created: May 7th., 1948. | src Yale University Library
Carl van Vechten :: Hugh Laing as Petrouchka in Petrouchka, choreographed by Michel Fokine. Published / Created: May 7th., 1948. | src Yale University Library

Tana Herzberg in Schwarze Sonne

Siegfried Enkelmann :: Tänzerin Tana Herzberg als Klytämnestra in «Schwarze Sonne» (Black Sun), 1932. (Musik: Heinz Friedrich Hartig) | src Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln

Toni Birkmeyer als Prinz Karneval

Franz Xaver Setzer :: Toni Birkmeyer als “Prinz Karneval” Phot. Setzer, Wien. “Schöne Kostüme”. Das Leben, Heft 9, März 1927. | src Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg

Lore Schuetzendorf, 1931

Lore Schuetzendorf in Mädchen in Uniform (Germany, Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich, 1931). Stamped: Trude Geiringer / Dora Horovitz / Wien. From the Taussig film stills collection
Lore Schuetzendorf in Mädchen in Uniform (Germany, Leontine Sagan, Carl Froelich, 1931). Stamped: Trude Geiringer / Dora Horovitz / Wien. From the Taussig film stills collection
Umbo · Otto Umbehr :: Scene from the movie 'Mädchen in Uniform' with Lore Schuetzendorf . Published in UHU magazine 12/1931. Film directed by Leontine Sagan and Carl Froelich, Germany, 1931. | src and hi-res Getty Images
Umbo · Otto Umbehr :: Scene from the movie ‘Mädchen in Uniform’ with Lore Schuetzendorf . Published in UHU magazine 12/1931. Film directed by Leontine Sagan and Carl Froelich, Germany, 1931. | src and hi-res Getty Images

Médée (Sarah Bernhardt)

Alphonse Mucha :: Médée (Sarah Bernhardt), 1898. From: Posters; a critical study of the development of poster design in continental Europe, England and America by Charles Matlack Price (1913) New York: G.W. Bricka. | src Smithsonian Libraries @ internet archive

Vera Fokina, 1910

Vera Fokina, 1910. (A. Doumenq.) 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
Vera Fokina, 1910. (A. Doumenq.) 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

Mary Wigman by Merkelbach

Atelier Jacob Merkelbach :: Gegevens (Given). German dancer and expressionist dance pioneer Mary Wigman, 1920s. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam Beeldban
Atelier Jacob Merkelbach :: German dancer and expressionist dance pioneer Mary Wigman, 1920s. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam Beeldbank
Atelier Jacob Merkelbach :: Gegevens (Given). German dancer and expressionist dance pioneer Mary Wigman, 1920s. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam Beeldban
Atelier Jacob Merkelbach :: German dancer and expressionist dance pioneer Mary Wigman, 1920s. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam Beeldbank
Atelier Jacob Merkelbach :: German dancer, dance teacher and choreographer, pioneer of expressionist dance | src Het Stadsarchief
Jacob Merkelbach :: Portret danseres Mary Wigman, buste. Mary Wigman (titel op object), 1920-1930. | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Merkelbach :: Portret danseres Mary Wigman, buste. Mary Wigman (titel op object), 1920-1930. | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Merkelbach :: Portret danseres Mary Wigman, buste. Mary Wigman (titel op object), 1920-1930. | src Rijksmuseum
Jacob Merkelbach :: Portret danseres Mary Wigman, buste. Mary Wigman (titel op object), 1920-1930. | src Rijksmuseum

Lubovska, January 1918

Arnold Genthe :: Lubovska*, 17 January, 1918. Glass negative. Library of Congress | src and hi-res Flickr
Arnold Genthe :: Lubovska*, 17 January, 1918. Glass negative. Library of Congress | src and hi-res Flickr
Arnold Genthe :: Lubovska*, 17 January, 1918. Glass negative. Library of Congress | src and hi-res Flickr
(*) Lubovska, aka Desirée Lubovska or Desiree Lubowska, born Winniefred Foote on June 21st, 1893 in Minnesota