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Dance Collection (page 2)

Background imageDance Collection: The Dolly Sisters wearing Lucile gowns

The Dolly Sisters wearing Lucile gowns in the I Love Thou Lovest number, League of Notions, London, 1921 1921

Background imageDance Collection: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - still from the Radio Picture Ltd production Shall We Dance?

Background imageDance Collection: Fred and Adele Astaire in Stop Flirting

Fred and Adele Astaire in Stop Flirting
Fred 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

Background imageDance Collection: Sabbat Dance

Sabbat Dance
A horned devil presides over the sabbat while demons and lightly clad witches dance frenziedly round him

Background imageDance Collection: African warrior at ngoma, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa

African warrior at ngoma, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
African warrior at a ngoma (traditional music and dance festival) in Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. 1924

Background imageDance Collection: The exclusive private-members Kit Cat Club by Fish

The exclusive private-members Kit Cat Club by Fish
The exclusive private-members Kit Cat Club in Haymarket, London with diners taking to the dancefloor dancing by synthetic moonlight to those saddening, maddening melodies

Background imageDance Collection: LA Peri / Ballet Russes

LA Peri / Ballet Russes
LA PERI Costume design for Mademoiselle N. Trouhanowa Date: 1911

Background imageDance Collection: Tango, 1912. Dance originating in Argentina that

Tango, 1912. Dance originating in Argentina that was introduced in Europe after World War I

Background imageDance Collection: Young North Africans dancing on the Paris Quais

Young North Africans dancing on the Paris Quais
Young North Africans (from Algeria) dance on the Paris Quais. Date: circa 1950s

Background imageDance Collection: Little Tich

Little Tich
LITTLE TICH (Harry Relph) Music hall entertainer (1867 - 1928), posed in his famous 28" boots called slapshoes, for his Big Boot dance. Date: c.1905

Background imageDance Collection: Dolly Sisters and chorus in Diamond tableaux

Dolly Sisters and chorus in Diamond tableaux
The 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

Background imageDance Collection: Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried and Odette fall in love

Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried and Odette fall in love
Siegfried 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

Background imageDance Collection: Poster advertising a Dance Festival in the USSR

Poster advertising a Dance Festival in the USSR
Poster advertising a Dance Festival in Moscow and Leningrad, USSR, 10 to 20 June 1936

Background imageDance Collection: Ball at Savoy Hotel

Ball at Savoy Hotel
A fashionable ball at the Savoy Hotel, Strand, London

Background imageDance Collection: Christmas card, Shakespearean jesters

Christmas card, Shakespearean jesters
Christmas Card - May you be merry and lack nothing (based on a quotation from Shakespeares Henry IV Part 2) - two medieval jesters dancing. circa 1935

Background imageDance Collection: Sketch by Fish of the Charleston dance at the Embassy club

Sketch by Fish of the Charleston dance at the Embassy club, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Background imageDance Collection: Anna May Wong in The Circle of Chalk

Anna May Wong in The Circle of Chalk
Miss 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

Background imageDance Collection: Mieczyslaw Pianowski, Polish ballet dancer

Mieczyslaw Pianowski, Polish ballet dancer
Mieczyslaw Pianowski (c1891-1967), Polish ballet dancer, ballet master and choreographer. circa 1920s

Background imageDance Collection: The Feast of Venus

The Feast of Venus, after 1635. Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640). Oil on canvas, 217 x 350 cm

Background imageDance Collection: Art deco illustration of couple dancing, 1927

Art deco illustration of couple dancing, 1927 Date: 1927

Background imageDance Collection: Lady Charles Cavendish aka Adele Astaire

Lady Charles Cavendish aka Adele Astaire
Adele 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

Background imageDance Collection: Restaurant Frascati, Oxford Street, London W1

Restaurant Frascati, Oxford Street, London W1
Restaurant 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

Background imageDance Collection: Sketch of the Dolly Sisters, Paris

Sketch of the Dolly Sisters, Paris
Illustration of the Dolly Sisters by Zig for a promotional leaflet for Paris - New York, Casino de Paris, 1927 1927

Background imageDance Collection: Cinderella ballet, Ugly Sisters trying to dance

Cinderella ballet, Ugly Sisters trying to dance
The 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

Background imageDance Collection: Four ballerinas on a music sheet

Four ballerinas on a music sheet
Four 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

Background imageDance Collection: Highland Fling by Florence Hardy

Highland Fling by Florence Hardy
Two children, dressed in traditional costume, dance an energetic Highland fling

Background imageDance Collection: Moroccan dancer

Moroccan dancer
Exotic Moroccan Dancer and entourage of backing clappers!

Background imageDance Collection: Palace Ballroom, Blackpool

Palace Ballroom, Blackpool
The sumptously decorated Palace Ballroom, at Blackpool Lancashire - evening dress is de rigueur in this popular venue

Background imageDance Collection: French Jazz Band 1926

French Jazz Band 1926
Dancing to a jazz band

Background imageDance Collection: Indonesian Dancers

Indonesian Dancers
Two royal court dancers performing the female style of Javanese dance. The bent knees, flexed wrists and refined movements are characteristic of this style

Background imageDance Collection: DANCE CARD

DANCE CARD
A 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

Background imageDance Collection: Dance of Death / Holbein

Dance of Death / Holbein
Old or young, rich or poor, powerful or weak - whoever you are, Death insists that you join in his Dance !

Background imageDance Collection: Ballet dancers exercising

Ballet dancers exercising at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse. (2 of 2)

Background imageDance Collection: Margaret Morris (1891 - 1980), British dancer, choreographer and teacher

Margaret Morris (1891 - 1980), British dancer, choreographer and teacher. Photographs showing her in various poses during her dance as a tree spirit

Background imageDance Collection: NIJINSKI, Vaslav Fmich (1890-1950)

NIJINSKI, Vaslav Fmich (1890-1950). Russian dance and choreographer. Engraving

Background imageDance Collection: Prohibition Ball 1918

Prohibition Ball 1918

Background imageDance Collection: Maypole dancing in the village of Paul, Cornwall

Maypole dancing in the village of Paul, Cornwall
Adults 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

Background imageDance Collection: Tango Argentino

Tango Argentino
TANGO ARGENTINO

Background imageDance Collection: Ballroom Dance / Britain

Ballroom Dance / Britain
A happy couple swirl around the dance floor: Lifes only hope just to live it again - some night, some waltz, some girl

Background imageDance Collection: Scots Witches Prepare

Scots Witches Prepare
Excited Scottish witches dance to the sound of diabolical bagpipes before flying off to the Sabbat

Background imageDance Collection: Art deco cover of The Dancing World Magazine, June 1922

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

Background imageDance Collection: Ballerinas in their dressing room

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

Background imageDance Collection: Ballet dancers training

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

Background imageDance Collection: Dickens / Christmas Carol

Dickens / Christmas Carol
Mr Fezziwig invites Mrs Fezziwig to dance Date: First published: 1843-44

Background imageDance Collection: Ballroom or dance hall in the Hotel Excelsior

Ballroom or dance hall in the Hotel Excelsior
The ballroom or dance hall in the Hotel Excelsior, Berlin, late 1920s Date: late 1920s

Background imageDance Collection: Britannia and Eve magazine, March 1931

Britannia and Eve magazine, March 1931
Front 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

Background imageDance Collection: Cover design for Narcisse by Nikolai Tcherepnin

Cover design for Narcisse by Nikolai Tcherepnin
Cover design for Narcisse, a mythological poem set to music by the Russian composer Nikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (1873-1945)

Background imageDance Collection: Portuguese Dance - O-Vira

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



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