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Dance Collection (page 3)

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

Background imageDance Collection: Breakdancing

Breakdancing
A breakdancer spins round on his back and stuns his teenage onlookers. Note the profusion of of white clothes and stilettos, slip-on shoes with white socks, perms and mullets

Background imageDance Collection: Indian Nautch Girl

Indian Nautch Girl
A nautch girl of Hindostan. (Nautch means simply dance) with accompanying musicians

Background imageDance Collection: Clog Dance / Toaduff

Clog Dance / Toaduff
CLOG DANCING / ENGLISH STEP DANCE An audience watch a demonstration by Jackie Toaduff, at the York Summer Festival

Background imageDance Collection: Apache Dance, 1908

Apache Dance, 1908
APACHE DANCERS : by a strange swing of fashion the sinister gangsters of the Paris under- world are seen as picturesque, and their macho dance style becomes the craze of the day

Background imageDance Collection: Indian Dancing Girl / 1840

Indian Dancing Girl / 1840
A Bayadere. Indian dancers performed for entertainment and for religious purposes. Some were attached to temples

Background imageDance Collection: Padstow Hobby Horse

Padstow Hobby Horse
ENGLAND: PADSTOW HOBBY HORSE: MAY DAY. Oss, teaser & attendants dance. Any woman caught under the frame of the Oss will become pregnant before the end of the year

Background imageDance Collection: Dance at the Dorchester

Dance at the Dorchester
Dancing at the Dorchester Hotel, fashionably located in Park Lane, Mayfair, Londons smartest district. Evening dress is of course de rigueur

Background imageDance Collection: Les Sylphides Scene

Les Sylphides Scene
LES SYLPHIDES The view from the wings

Background imageDance Collection: Baker doing Charleston

Baker doing Charleston
THE ORIGINAL CHARLESTON as danced by Josephine Baker at the Folies-Bergere, Paris

Background imageDance Collection: Norwegian Nisse Fiddles

Norwegian Nisse Fiddles
A Norwegian nisse fiddles while pigs dance

Background imageDance Collection: Camille Bos, ballet dancer, rehearsing La Grisi

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

Background imageDance Collection: Ballet dancers exercising

Ballet dancers exercising at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse. (1 of 2)

Background imageDance Collection: The Leslie Girls dance troupe

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

Background imageDance Collection: Customs / Horn Dance

Customs / Horn Dance
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Background imageDance Collection: Cinderella by Arthur Rackham

Cinderella by Arthur Rackham
Ella, aka Cinderella, in her beautiful gown, dancing with the Prince at the Ball. Date: 1919

Background imageDance Collection: Serpentine / Reznicek

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

Background imageDance Collection: Indonesian Dancer

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

Background imageDance Collection: Padstow Hobby Horse

Padstow Hobby Horse
ENGLAND: PADSTOW HOBBY HORSE: From midnight 30 April-1 May Oss, teaser & attendants dance through the streets. Any who dance with Oss will be blessed with good fortune

Background imageDance Collection: Tango for Two C1912

Tango for Two C1912
Two stylishly dressed ladies dance the tango stylishly together

Background imageDance Collection: FLAMENCO

FLAMENCO
Flamenco dancers, singers & guitar perform outside

Background imageDance Collection: Egyptian Belly Dancer

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

Background imageDance Collection: Dancing Round Maypole

Dancing Round Maypole
Girls dance round a maypole

Background imageDance Collection: The Vampire Dance by Alice Eis and Bert French

The Vampire Dance by Alice Eis and Bert French. 1910

Background imageDance Collection: Young people at a Rock and Roll dance, Cornwall

Young people at a Rock and Roll dance, Cornwall. Date: 1985

Background imageDance Collection: Behind the Scenes at Theatre de L Abri, Paris, France

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

Background imageDance Collection: Princess Elizabeth attending a charity ball in 1946

Princess Elizabeth attending a charity ball in 1946
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) attending a ball held at the Old House Hotel in aid of the NSPCC. She is pictured smiling as she dances with Captain Joshua Rayley of the Grenadier Guards

Background imageDance Collection: Mary Honer, ballerina in Les Sylphides, Vic-Wells Ballet

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

Background imageDance Collection: The Dancers of Variety in 1928

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

Background imageDance Collection: Cover of Dance Magazine, April 1930

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

Background imageDance Collection: Cuadro Flamenco - Diaghilev Ballets Russes - Picasso

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

Background imageDance Collection: Miners Dancing Together

Miners Dancing Together
A miners ball in California Date: 1849

Background imageDance Collection: Fashion at Rectors Night Club

Fashion at Rectors Night Club. A model wearing a dance frock shown in Philip Moss Fashion Parade, London, 1923. Long bodiced of pale pink chiffon velvet

Background imageDance Collection: Madeira, Funchal - Traditional costumes and dances

Madeira, Funchal - Traditional costumes and dances
Madeira, Funchal, Spain: Traditional costumes and dances from Campanario Date: 2016

Background imageDance Collection: Music cover, Les Patineurs Valse, by Emile Waldteufel

Music cover, Les Patineurs Valse, by Emile Waldteufel
Music cover, Les Patineurs Valse (Skaters Waltz), by Emile Waldteufel, with two elegant women skating on ice. circa 1880s

Background imageDance Collection: Faience plate painted with a Chinoiserie decoration. C. 1670

Faience plate painted with a Chinoiserie decoration. C. 1670
Faience plate painted with a Chinoiserie decoration. C.1670-1690. Anonymous. Delft. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Background imageDance Collection: Tango - Knees Up

Tango - Knees Up
Two tango against an artificial ballroom background. Date: 1914

Background imageDance Collection: Photo of Miss Alice Delysia

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

Background imageDance Collection: The Embassy Club, 1932

The Embassy Club, 1932
Full house of social celebrities; a Seasons night. Scene at the Embassy Club in Bond Street, London, one of the most fashionable and exclusive nightclubs in the capital

Background imageDance Collection: Phallic dance

Phallic dance. Mesolithic art. Cave. Proc: SPAIN. El Cogul. Cova dels Moros

Background imageDance Collection: Fairies learn to dance

Fairies learn to dance before they learn to walk (Fairy Lore). 1920s

Background imageDance Collection: Fairies by Hilda Miller

Fairies by Hilda Miller
Enchanting illustration depicting a group of fairies holding hands and dancing through a field of flowers, while butterflies overhead mimic their dance steps

Background imageDance Collection: 1798 Irish Rebels Camp

1798 Irish Rebels Camp
The Camp on Vinegar Hill : Irish rebels encampment - field kitchen, firing squad, music, dance and holy mass

Background imageDance Collection: Festival Stilt Dance and Dancers - Dalian, Manchukuo, China

Festival Stilt Dance and Dancers - Dalian, Manchukuo, China
Manchukuo - a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia from 1932 until 1945. It was founded as a republic, but in 1934 it became a constitutional monarchy

Background imageDance Collection: The great artists of dance - Margaret Morris and some of her

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

Background imageDance Collection: Deana Martin and Ray Williams dancing at a 1960s nightclub

Deana Martin and Ray Williams dancing at a 1960s nightclub
Deana Martin (1948-), daughter of American singer Dean Martin, dances with music producer Ray Williams (1947-) in Tiles, a swinging nightclub in Oxford Street, London. 1966

Background imageDance Collection: Young girls in a Morris Dance troupe in Eccles

Young girls in a Morris Dance troupe in Eccles Date: circa 1977

Background imageDance Collection: Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625). Flemish painter. Peasant

Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625). Flemish painter. Peasant dance to the Dukes (Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert). 1623. Oil on canvas. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain



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