Dance Collection (page 74)

Military intervention on Lewis, 1887
A page from the Illustrated London News, reporting on the measures to crush the rebellion on the isle of Lewis, titled " Sketches among the revolted crofters in the Lewis

Dancing on village green
Traditional country dancing on the village green to the music of a fiddle player standing at a maypole

India - Indian Dancing Girl and Musicians
India - Indian Dancing Girl and two Musicians, one playing tabla drums and the other playing an unusual stringed instrument

Sir Frederick Ashton (1904 - 1988), ballet dancer and choreographer. Among his works are the Symphonic Variations set to the music of Cesar Franck; his first example of the abstract ballet of pure

Tea Dance Paris 1926
A raucous tea dance, somewhere in the heart of swinging Paris

A Japanese couple dancing in Western costume

What the Angler Saw by A. K. Macdonald
An angler, coming to fish at a salmon pool at dawn is astonished to see a group of lithe and naked nymphs cavorting above the water to a tune played on pipes by Pan

Dance Time 11p. m. to 2a. m. by Helen Mckie
This illustration shows an evening dance in 1928

From Dewy Eve to Early Morn
An amusing drawing of two dancers who eventually fall asleep on their feet over the course of an evening

Senegal - West Africa - Tam Tam Malinke - Dancers
The Dance of the Riflemen at Tam Tam Malinke, Senegal

Lesguinka Dance - Russian Cossack Dance
Lesguinka Dance - Traditional Russian Cossack Dance

Watching a Dance Interlude from the Balcony of the Ballroom
Fashionable diners watching cabaret during an interval

North West Frontier Province, Peshawar - Dancers
Dancing Girls of Peshawar, North-west Frontier Province, ready for the dance

Lear / Nonsense / Ischia
There was an Old Person of Ischia, whose conduct grew friskier and friskier; He dance hornpipes and jigs, and ate thousands of figs, that lively Old Person of Ischia

Time for Reflection by Elsie Harding
A ballerina in a very horizontal tutu skirt pauses by a mirrored door and is reflected along with the colour Chinese lanterns hanging nearby

Dancing Couple - 1920s
A twenties dancing couple - Madame is wearing a very fine white feather head adornment and Sir is dapper in white tie and very shiny shoes

Dancing Lady
A dancing lady reveller, who is cheekily showing her stockings

The Day-Dinner-Dance suit
Cartoon, The Day-Dinner-Dance suit, a quick change evening dress suit for the busy gentleman Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary

Reforming the Dance
Variations on dancing allowing a better use of ones time. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Childrens Strike of 1894
Procession of children, heading to Hyde Park in London, to demonstrate against their treatment by organ grinders. These children were part of the Organ Dancers Union

Cairo Dancing Girl, Egypt
A Dancing Girl from Cairo, Egypt - adorned with a multide of long necklasses and tassles

Egyptian Dancing Girls, some seated, some playing musical instruments, one smoking. The dancer is accompanied by a pipe player and a drummer

Royal Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall, Islingto
Illustration showing a series of scenes from the Royal Military Tournament, held at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, in 1897

Twelfth Night Entertainment at the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum
Inmates of the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, a pioneering institution for the Victorian age which operated a non-restraint policy

Russian soldiers celebrating good news from the front with dance and music

Turkish Delight
A rather portly Turkish sultan, reclining on plump cushions is bedazzled by a Turkish dancer whose silhouette can be seen in the foreground

Shinto priests perform an elaborate dance in offering to a god; the symbol on the drapery is the Imperial Seal of Japan

Fete De 14 Juillet
The salle de Vasle is a festival pavilion where Parisians can dance to celebrate Bastille Day

Cremorne Gardens 1858
The maypole dance in Cremorne Gardens

Tango Criollo
TANGO CRIOLLO (= creole) ( El Afilador )

American Indians. The Ghost Dance of the Sioux Indians
Many Indian tribes believed in spirits who were part of a deity, embodying a sacred power which was present in the land, the elements and animals

Marie Taglioni / Lacauchie
MARIE TAGLIONI Italian ballet dancer, one of the first to dance on the points of her toes

Marie Taglioni / Iln 1847
MARIE TAGLIONI Italian ballet dancer, one of the first to dance on the points of her toes

Guinea Worship
People of Guinea, West Africa, place gifts and dance before a sacred tree in hope that the god who lives in it will give them what they want

Mexicans Celebrate Age
The Aztecs celebrate the beginning of a new age with tribal dancing and drums, before the Conquest by the Spanish

Nymphs and Shepherd
A shepherd tries to dance like the nymphs, but does so with such clumsiness that they punish him by turning him into an olive tree

Ball for British Royals
THE ROYAL ARTILLERY COMPANYs BALL Given in honour of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra)

Russian Couple
A Russian soldier and a peasant woman in a lively dance

Dancers and Spectators
Dancers of the cortege of Aphrodite dance in her honour, while she watches with her son Eros

You Can have a Jazz
You can have a lovely jazz here !

Police Prevent Polka
Polka Mania : the Police intervene to prevent the perceived excesses of this immoral dance

Jolly Trio Dancing
Twos company, threes even better ! - a jolly trio enjoy themselves

Ladies do Quadrille 1901
Two ladies dance a quadrille

Exhausted by the Polka
Polka Mania : the drawback of dancing with a man wearing spurs

Circassians Dancing
A Circassian pair perform a traditional dance amid a circle of solemn spectators

The Coorg Harvest Festival, Madras, 1852
Engraving showing the Coorg Harvest Festival held in Madras, India, 1852. This festival was an annual event held just prior to the farmers gathering the harvest

Water Babies Dance Aroun
The water babies celebrate Toms arrival as a new baby and dance around him on the shore

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