Dancer Collection (page 2)

Jessie Matthews (1907 - 1981), British singer, dancer and actress pictured at the time she appeared in her first film, Out of the Blue, filmed at Elstree studios. Date: 1931

Ballerinas in their dressing room
Ballet dancers prepare for a performance in their dressing room. One dancer is seen applying make up, while the feet of another await her silk ballet slippers. c.1947

Ballet dancers training
A group of ballet dancers training in a rehearsal studio. circa 1940s

Portuguese Dance - O-Vira
O-Vira - a traditional Potuguese dance (translates as The Turn ), also popular in former Portuguese territories in South America

Carlotta Grisi / Giselle
CARLOTTA GRISI (Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi) Italian ballet dancer, seen here in Giselle

Jessie Matthews / Wilding
JESSIE MATTHEWS British singer and dancer of stage and screen

Isadora Duncan / Barefoot
ISADORA DUNCAN American dancer, barefoot on stage

William Kemp, Dancer
WILLIAM KEMP(E) English actor and dancer in comic roles. Famous for jigs and for morris dancing from London to Norwich

Camille Bos, ballet dancer, rehearsing La Grisi
Mademoiselle Camille Bos, ballet dancer at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse, rehearsing La Grisi

The Leslie Girls dance troupe - Ella, Dris, Ann, Joyce, Gladys, Georgina, Dulcie, Tlly, Winnie and Kitty. Date: circa 1910

Exotic dancer by Rene Bull
A stylised illustration by Rene Bull (1872-1942) showing a scantily clad exotic dancer in a beautiful garden hanging with fruits

MATA HARI/WALERY PARIS
Mata Hari (1876 - 1917), (Eye of Dawn) (Margarete Gertrude Zelle) Dutch-born exotic dancer, became a German spy in 1916, then a double agent for the French; she was executed

Flamenco dancer
Illustration by William Barribal showing a dancer on stage performing a Spanish flamenco

Serpentine / Reznicek
Every illustrator of the day has a go at depicting the Serpentine Dance : Reznicek admirably captures the swirling movement which is the essence of the dance

Indonesian Dancer
A Javanese dancer performing the female style in a seated pose. The use of the wrists and scarf are characteristic of this style

Egyptian Belly Dancer
A woman (probably Egyptian) performs the Bauchtanz accompanied by a singer and musicians

Khadidja, Exotic Dancer with Veil - Algeria
Khadidja, Exotic Dancer with Veil (barely!) - Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Galina Ulanova, Russian Ballerina as Giselle
Galina Ulanova (1910-1998), Russian Ballerina in the role of Giselle. Date: circa 1930s

Behind the Scenes at Theatre de L Abri, Paris, France
Behind the Scenes at the erotic revue performed at the Theatre de L Abri, Paris, France with principal dancer Louis Espinoza - Le Ballet des Nymphes. Date: circa 1910s

Mary Honer, ballerina in Les Sylphides, Vic-Wells Ballet
Mary Honer, ballerina in Les Sylphides, The Vic-Wells Ballet, supplement to The Dancing Times, December 1937 Date: 1937

The Dancers of Variety in 1928. Evelyn Kindler (top left) with the Libby dancers on the Kieth vaudeville circuit, Jeanne Upham (top right) in vaudeville

Cover of Dance Magazine, April 1930 with an illustration of the Chicago ballet dancer Ruth Pryor y T. Currie-Bell Date: 1930

Cuadro Flamenco - Diaghilev Ballets Russes - Picasso
Two of the Andalusian dancers (Rojas and El Tejero) performing the Cuadro Flamenco - during the Ballet Russes performabce by Diaghilev at the Princes Theatre

The ballerina Emilie Bigottini 1784-1858 dancing in the opera Nina, o sia la pazza per amore (Nina or the girl driven mad by love) by Giovanni Paisiello at the Opera Theatre, Paris, 1816

Josephine Baker singing to British Factory Workers
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) singing to British Factory Workers for ENSA (The Entertainments National Service Association) in July 1951, her first visit to England since the end of WW2. Date: 1951

Gaby Deslys dancer, singer and actress 1881-1920
Gaby Deslys (Marie-Elise Gabrielle Claire) French dancer, singer and actress. Died young of a throat infection caused by Spanish influenza

Marie Loftus music hall dancer and singer 1857-1940
Marie Loftus music hall dancer and singer, pantomime star. Reputation for singing risqu songs. Mother of Cissie Loftus, music hall mimic. In costume holding rose

Bessie Bonehill music hall male impersonator 1855-1902
Bessie Bonehill started on the halls as a clog dancer as part of the Sisters Bonehill act and became a male impersonator. Jaunty pose with hands in pockets

Photo of Miss Alice Delysia
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November 1925 showing Miss Alice Delysia in On with the Dance at the London Pavilion. Date: 21st November 1925

Gaby Deslys and her gowns by Drian 1913
Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), French actress, dancer and singer, pictured in a variety of lavish outfits designed by Drian and realised by Landolff for her latest revue at the Palace Theatre, London

Anna Pavlova and Marius Petipa
Anna Pavlova (1881 -1931) elegantly striking a pose under the watchful eyes of her long running admirer the great Marius Petipa (1818 1910). Date: circa 1905

Sable Fern, music hall singer and dancer
Sable Fern, music hall singer, dancer and actor, seen here in Boer War uniform. late 19th century

Ballet Dancer Robert Helpmann as Hamlet
Ballet Dancer Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) as Hamlet - London, New Theatre - Old Vic Production. Date: circa 1942

The great artists of dance - Margaret Morris and some of her pupils, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Vaslav Nijinsky / Clown
VASLAV NIJINSKY Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, seen here in the role of Petrushka Date: 1890 - 1950

Bee Jackson dancing the charleston
Dancer Bee Jackson demonstrating the Charleston which she was performing at the Piccadilly Revels cabaret at the Piccadilly Hotel after making a name for herself in America

Dancer. Tricliniums Tomb. Etruscan art
Dancer. Detail of a banquet scene. Etruscan art. Fresco. ITALY. LAZIO. VITERBO. Tarquinia. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Tarquinia (National Museum of Tarquinia). Proc: ITALY. LAZIO. VITERBO

Ballet Petrouschka. Vaslav Nijinsky
Ballet Petrouschka, music by Igor Stravinsky (1911). Illustration by Georges Lepape with the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. Art Deco. Drawing

Dorma Leigh in 1920
Dorma Leigh (1890 - ?), British stage performer, appearing here in The Whirligig, at the Palace Theatre, London. 1920

Advertisement for Horlicks -- Better Luck Next Time. Female model (Julie Bishop) in the foreground, looking with disappointment at a dancing couple in the background. 1959

Exotic Oriental Vase Dance - postcard reproduction of a painting by Fabio Fabbi (1861-1946). Date: 1906

Native American Indians do the Snow-Shoe Dance

Lady Charles Cavendish (Adele Astaire) in Schiaparelli
Lady Charles Cavendish, formerly Miss Adele Astaire (sister and dancing partner of Fred) pictured wearing a coat and skirt in green tweed trimmed with galliac, worn with a blouse of black jersey

Vaslav Nijinsky / Jeux 3
VASLAV NIJINSKY Russian ballet dancer and choreographer with Schollar and Karsavina in Debussys Jeux during the 8th season of the Ballets Russes Date: 1890 - 1950

Mask dancers in Kerala, India
Two mask dancers in Cochin, Kerala State, India

Fred and Adele Astaire
Fred Astaire, born Frederick Austerlitz (1899 - 1987), American dancer and actor pictured with his elder sister, Adele (1896 - 1981) who was his dance partner from childhood until 1932

Rita Hayworth / Columbia
RITA HAYWORTH American film actress and dancer

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