Tag: spotlight

Georgia Graves, Vogue, 1928

George Hoyningen-Huene :: Georgia Graves, Folies-Bergère dancer, wearing a thigh-length chiffon dance dress, left arm extended behind her and holding a large translucent ball against her hip, head bowed, right arm extended, left leg raised with knee bent and foot resting on her right leg. Published in Vogue, 1928. | src Condé Nast via Getty Images

Sydney Fox Studio

:: Olga Spessiva in Swan Lake costume,
Sydney, Australia, 1934. | src NSW State Library

Olga
Spessivtzeva (billed Spessiva for phonic simplicity or maybe to make
the name more the same length as “Pavlova” who had toured six years
before on her Australian tour).

“To Mary Marlowe, Olga Spessiva”, signature on the bottom right hand corner.

Nickolas Muray ::

Desha Delteil in a Roman inspired full body costume, with winged feet and a headdress. The light play in this pictorialist view is astounding, her shadow becomes another character in the dance. The spotlight followed the dancing of Desha thru the Fokine Ballet and the ‘Rose of Stamboul’. Published in Shadowland, Oct. 1922 issue. / sources: grapefruitmoongallery and

Library of Congress: Moving Image Section

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