Gertrud Bodenwieser Tanzgruppe, 1935

Atelier D’Ora ~ Benda :: Gertrud Bodenwieser (Tänzerin und Choreographin) Tanzgruppe, 02.08.1935 | Gertrud Bodenwieser (Dancer and Choreographer) Dance Group, 1935-02-08 | src Bildarchiv Austria

Sent M’Ahesa, 1928

Franz Löwy (Vienna) :: Dancer Sent M’Ahesa (Elsa von Carlberg). From Der Kunstlerische Tanz Unserer Zeit [The Artistic Dance of Our Time], p. 11. Published in 1928. | src Marcus Bunyan
Hanns Holdt :: Sent M’ahesa (Elsa von Carlberg). From Der Kunstlerische Tanz Unserer Zeit [The Artistic Dance of Our Time] by Hermann Aubel and Marianne Aubel. Leipzig, 1928. p. 10. | originally posted on tumblr | src Crossett Library

Mura Ziperowitsch, 1920s

Mura Ziperowitsch, Wien, 1920er Jahre, Foto Anonym, O. J. (Anonymous photographer) | src Alles tanzt Ausstellung @ Theatermuseum © KHM-Museumsverband

Role models. Many female dancers dealt with given role structures and criticized gender specific role attributions. The nun is seen as embodiment of a nonsexual woman who dedicates her life to God. Hence the play with the nun’s costume is a game with female physicality and sexuality. Here we meet Mura Ziperowitsch, who by wearing a nun similar costume refers to the female corporality.

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Cilli Wang in «Das Gespenst»

Cilli Wang in «Das Gespenst», 1936. Foto: Gevaert. Ausstellung Alles Tanzt. Kosmos Wiener Tanzmoderne | src Theatermuseum Wien
Detail from: Cilli Wang (Zäzilie Wang) in «Das Gespenst», 1936. Foto: Gevaert. Ausstellung Alles Tanzt im Theatermuseum Wien

Rosalia Chladek in Jeanne d‘Arc

Anna Riwkin :: Rosalia Chladek in "Jeanne d‘Arc", Stockholm, 1938. | src and hi-res Theatermuseum Wien © KHM-Museumsverband
Anna Riwkin :: Rosalia Chladek in “Jeanne d‘Arc”, Stockholm, 1938. | src and hi-res Theatermuseum Wien © KHM-Museumsverband

«Alles tanzt. Kosmos Wiener Tanzmoderne»

Plakat zur Ausstellung | Poster for the exhibition «Alles tanzt. Kosmos Wiener Tanzmoderne». | src and hi-res Theatermuseum © KHM-Museumsverband