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The Dolly Sisters wearing Lucile gowns in the I Love Thou Lovest number, League of Notions, London, 1921 1921
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - still from the Radio Picture Ltd production Shall We Dance?
Fred and Adele Astaire in Stop FlirtingFred and Adele Astaire starring with Majorie Gordon in the successful show, Stop Flirting which opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London in 1923 and moved to the Queens Theatre a few months later
Sabbat DanceA horned devil presides over the sabbat while demons and lightly clad witches dance frenziedly round him
African warrior at ngoma, Mombasa, Kenya, East AfricaAfrican warrior at a ngoma (traditional music and dance festival) in Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. 1924
The exclusive private-members Kit Cat Club by FishThe exclusive private-members Kit Cat Club in Haymarket, London with diners taking to the dancefloor dancing by synthetic moonlight to those saddening, maddening melodies
LA Peri / Ballet RussesLA PERI Costume design for Mademoiselle N. Trouhanowa Date: 1911
Tango, 1912. Dance originating in Argentina that was introduced in Europe after World War I
Young North Africans dancing on the Paris QuaisYoung North Africans (from Algeria) dance on the Paris Quais. Date: circa 1950s
Little TichLITTLE TICH (Harry Relph) Music hall entertainer (1867 - 1928), posed in his famous 28" boots called slapshoes, for his Big Boot dance. Date: c.1905
Dolly Sisters and chorus in Diamond tableauxThe Dolly Sisters wearing creations by Jean Patou and chorus in the tableaux La Mine Diamants (Diamond Mine), Paris En Fleurs, Casino de Paris, Paris, 1925 1925
Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried and Odette fall in loveSiegfried and Odette fall in love while the little swans dance. Because of an evil spell, they are swans by day, and only resume human shape at midnight
Poster advertising a Dance Festival in the USSRPoster advertising a Dance Festival in Moscow and Leningrad, USSR, 10 to 20 June 1936
Ball at Savoy HotelA fashionable ball at the Savoy Hotel, Strand, London
Christmas card, Shakespearean jestersChristmas Card - May you be merry and lack nothing (based on a quotation from Shakespeares Henry IV Part 2) - two medieval jesters dancing. circa 1935
Sketch by Fish of the Charleston dance at the Embassy club, London, 1926 Date: 1926
Anna May Wong in The Circle of ChalkMiss Anna May wong as Chang-Hi-Tang dancing before the tea-shop keeper in The Circle of Chalk, an ancient Chinese lay translated into English by James Laver
Mieczyslaw Pianowski, Polish ballet dancerMieczyslaw Pianowski (c1891-1967), Polish ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer. circa 1920s
The Feast of Venus, after 1635. Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640). Oil on canvas, 217 x 350 cm
Art deco illustration of couple dancing, 1927 Date: 1927
Lady Charles Cavendish aka Adele AstaireAdele Astaire (1896 - 1981) comedy actress and dance partner of her brother, Fred Astaire from childhood until 1932, when she retired from dance to marry the British aristocrat Lord Charles Spencer
Restaurant Frascati, Oxford Street, London W1Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, London W1, with people dancing on the dance floor. Frascatis was a large, luxury restaurant offering cosmopolitan cuisine. Date: circa 1920s
Sketch of the Dolly Sisters, ParisIllustration of the Dolly Sisters by Zig for a promotional leaflet for Paris - New York, Casino de Paris, 1927 1927
Cinderella ballet, Ugly Sisters trying to danceThe Ugly Sisters try to follow their dancing master while Cinderella stands disconsolately by the fire. A scene from a ballet version of Cinderella, based on French and Spanish fairytales
Four ballerinas on a music sheetFour ballerinas depicted on a music sheet, performing The Celebrated Pas de Quatre, composed by Jules Perrot, as danced at Her Majestys Theatre, London, on 12 July 1845
Highland Fling by Florence HardyTwo children, dressed in traditional costume, dance an energetic Highland fling
Moroccan dancerExotic Moroccan Dancer and entourage of backing clappers!
Palace Ballroom, BlackpoolThe sumptously decorated Palace Ballroom, at Blackpool Lancashire - evening dress is de rigueur in this popular venue
French Jazz Band 1926Dancing to a jazz band
Indonesian DancersTwo royal court dancers performing the female style of Javanese dance. The bent knees, flexed wrists and refined movements are characteristic of this style
DANCE CARDA Victorian ladys dance card, whose owner has yet to be invited to reserve a dance... soon, let us hope, every line will be filled with the names of her admirers
Dance of Death / HolbeinOld or young, rich or poor, powerful or weak - whoever you are, Death insists that you join in his Dance !
Ballet dancers exercising at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse. (2 of 2)
Margaret Morris (1891 - 1980), British dancer, choreographer and teacher. Photographs showing her in various poses during her dance as a tree spirit
NIJINSKI, Vaslav Fmich (1890-1950). Russian dance and choreographer. Engraving
Prohibition Ball 1918
Maypole dancing in the village of Paul, CornwallAdults and children dancing round a maypole in the village of Paul, near Penzance in Cornwall, with the tower of the parish church on the right. A crowd of people stand watching them
Tango ArgentinoTANGO ARGENTINO
Ballroom Dance / BritainA happy couple swirl around the dance floor: Lifes only hope just to live it again - some night, some waltz, some girl
Scots Witches PrepareExcited Scottish witches dance to the sound of diabolical bagpipes before flying off to the Sabbat
Art deco cover of The Dancing World Magazine, June 1922. Sketch by G. Peres showing a young women in a simple white gown perfect for the summer Date: 1922
Ballerinas in their dressing roomBallet 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 trainingA group of ballet dancers training in a rehearsal studio. circa 1940s
Dickens / Christmas CarolMr Fezziwig invites Mrs Fezziwig to dance Date: First published: 1843-44
Ballroom or dance hall in the Hotel ExcelsiorThe ballroom or dance hall in the Hotel Excelsior, Berlin, late 1920s Date: late 1920s
Britannia and Eve magazine, March 1931Front cover featuring an elegant couple performing the Flamenco. The beautifully poised woman wears a yellow Bata de cola dress with frills and an enormous white headdress
Cover design for Narcisse by Nikolai TcherepninCover design for Narcisse, a mythological poem set to music by the Russian composer Nikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (1873-1945)
Portuguese Dance - O-ViraO-Vira - a traditional Potuguese dance (translates as The Turn ), also popular in former Portuguese territories in South America