Ballroom Collection (page 6)

Merveilleuses and incroyables dancing the waltz, a newly popular dance imported from Germany. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Couples dancing La Poule section of the quadrille
Two couples perform the third section La Poule in the quadrille, a popular ball and salon dance from the early 19th century

Entrance to site of German POW Camp Foucarville
Eventually the camp held 40, 000 prisoners including 218 Generals and 6 Admirals. It was effectively a full blown town with a 1, 000 bed hospital, a cinema, electric lights, a ballroom and shops

The Foxtrot by Helen McKie
A couple in evening dress take to the floor to dance the foxtrot, accompanied by a band. Date: c.1935

The Bloomer Valse and the Bloomer Redowa
Promotional music sheet for The Bloomer Valse and The Bloomer Redowa dedicated to Mrs Colonel Bloomer. 1855. A valse is the French term for waltz

Almacks Petite Ball-Room Manual and Polka Guide
Book cover, Almacks Petite Ball-Room Manual and Polka Guide. circa 1850

Ballroom, Hotel Virginia, Long Beach, California, USA. Date: circa 1908

Maurice & Leonora Hughes at Biarritz by Sem
The famous exhibition ballroom dancers, Maurice and Leonora Hughes caricatured at Biarritz by the French cartoonist Sem (Georges Goursat)

Victor G Ginn & Co, catalogue (back cover)
Victor G Ginn & Co, High Holborn, London, catalogue (back cover). Advertising the most unique ballroom novelty yet introduced - an electric lantern, for lantern dances. 1939

The Ten Commandments of the Dancer - Bateman views
The Ballroom Decalogue - a satirical presentation of it by H. M. Bateman. Date: 1912

Dismantling Norfolk House, St Jamess Square
Workmen taking down one of the gilded mirrors in the ballroom at Norfolk House, St Jamess Square, London, the fittings of which are dismantled prior to the demolition of the whole residence

Anna Zinkeisen preparing designs for the Queen Mary
Anna Zinkeisen pictured at work in her studio on designs for a decorative scheme in the ballroom of the Queen Mary ocean liner. Date: 1935

A portrait of John Murray Anderson, July 1925, formerly a dancer and dance teacher and more recently stager and producer of the Greenwich Village Follies Date: 1925

A visual representation of a version of the famous Apache dance, July 1925 by Erwin Gautschi and Janette in New York Date: 1925

A portrait of band leader Ted Lewis July 1925 Date: 1925

A portrait of Maurice Mouvet and Barbara Bennett, July 1925 Date: 1925

A portrait of Maurice Mouvet, July 1925. In a reminiscent mood over a portrait of his previous partner Leonora Hughes Date: 1925

The Dance of the Wooden soldiers, July 1925. Posed by pupils of the Ethel and Gertrude Morgan School of Dancing, Chicago Date: 1925

A portrait of Nelly (Nellie) Savage, July 1925. A pupil of Michel Fokine, she had been on the concert stage but had ventured into motion pictures as a dancer and actress Date: 1925

Cover of Dance Lovers Magazine, July 1925 featuring Dickie and Edith Burstow Date: 1925

A portrait of the the dancing duo DeMarcos, July 1925, who have returned to vaudeville after a successful season with George Whites Scandals Date: 1925

A portrait of Anna Robenne, July 1925. A member of the Imperial Russian Ballet, she danced before the Czar Date: 1925

A portrait of Adele Astaire, July 1925. Has scored a big success with her brother Fred in Lady be Good and dance nightly at the Club Trocadero Date: 1925

Cover of Dance Magazine, May 1927, featuring Beryl Halley of Rufus Le Maires Affairs Date: 1927

Cover of Dance Magazine, April 1927 featuring Madame Laurka in an Indian Nautch dance Date: 1927

Cover of Dance Magazine, August 1927 featuring Mary Eaton Date: 1927

Cover of Dance Magazine, June 1927 featuring Shari Karenyi in a Persian Fantasy dance Date: 1927

Cover of Dance Magazine, March 1926 featuring a Siamese dancer Date: 1926

Advert for the fashionable Hotel Esplanade, Berlin (1927) showing the ballroom Date: 1927

Mr & Mrs Caros Cruz, well-known dancing teachers Mr & Mrs Caros Cruz
A portrait of Mr & Mrs Caros Cruz, well-known dancing teachers and exponent of the tango, London, 1923 Date: 1923

A Portrait of Michel Fokine, July 1925
A portrait of the great ballet master, Michel Fokine, July 1925. At the time touring Europe and regarded as one of the greatest choreographers of all time. Date: 1925

Detail of dancing at the Hotel Cecil
Detail of the dancing in Palm Court at the Hotel Cecil, London Date: 1926

Advert for the Hotel Cecil, London showing dancing in the Palm Court Date: 1926

FRENCH COURT BALL
A ball at court Date: circa 1640

DANCING OLD AND NEW
The old way of dancing, and the new Date: 1830

1630 Ball (Liebig)
French aristocrats dance in the ballroom of a chateau. Date: 1630

THE LAST WALTZ - CHOICE
Six men present themselves as possible partners for the last waltz of the evening : well, which one would YOU choose ? Date: circa 1875

COMPARING DANCE CARDS
After the ball, two young women compare notes on the partners they have enjoyed or endured in the course of the evening. Date: 1882

BALL, SAINT PETERSBURG
Tsar Alexander III and the Tsarina watch the Quadrille dHonneur - HIS honour - at a ball at the French Embassy, St Petersburg Date: 1893

German the Dansant
Dim lights favour intimacy at a The dansant Date: 1908

German Masked Ball
Dancers - safely masked - abandon themselves to the fevered frenzy of the ball Date: 1908

Cover of Dance Magazine May 1926
Featuring Lupe Romano, a Mexican dancer Date: 1926

Ballet Symphonie. Fantastique
Ballet Symphonie Fantastique, music by Hector Berlioz and choreography by Leonide Massine (1936). Sketch for the scene in the ballroom, by Christian B鲡 rd

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