Dance Collection (page 80)

Bavarian Dance / 1908
Bavarian Schuhplattler

Harvest Dance, Papua
Harvest dance by the natives of Papua New Guinea

Dionysian Revellers
Devotees of Dionysos (Bacchus)celebrate him with song and dance

Ballet Dancer / Beaute
A ballet dancer posing elegantly

Spanish Dancer / 1896
A Spanish dancer in a bold pose

English Country Dance
ENGLAND Couples county dancing on the village green

Spanish Dance / Fandango
A woman dancing the Fandango on a table to the accompaniment of a guitar

Spanish Dance / Marietta
A woman dancing the Marietta

Flamenco Dancer & Music
A female dancer accompanied by guitars and singers who also keep the rhythm by clapping

New Zealand War Dance
A solo war dance

Sheherazade Costumes
SHEHERAZADE Elaborate Persian style costume designs by Bakst

Dance of the Lion / Korea
Dance of the Lion. The dancer in a lions costume is followed through the streets

Arabian Sword Dance
An Arabian sword dance

Dance / Nautch Girl / India
A Nautch or dancing girl (also known as a Bayadere). Besides entertainment their dancing had religious functions & these women were sometimes connected to temples

German Family at Play
The dancing game - papa plays the fiddle while mama and the children dance : a homely German household scene

Country Dance in Village
Rural Sport -- Dr Syntax watches country people dancing in an English Village

Gents at a Ball
Two young men whispering about an attractive girl who is on the dance floor with a bearded gentleman who has his hand around her waist

The Waltz, Circa 1805
Two Parisian couples whirl around the dance floor

May Day (Haydon)
A May-Day bride in her carriage passes a Punch-&-Judy show : traditional figures dance beside beggars and street traders

Leap Year Dance
In England, during Leap Year, it is the girls who invite the men onto the dance floor, who lead them to the buffet, and then return them to their seats

Isadora Duncan / 2 of 4
ISADORA DUNCAN at her school at Grunewald, near Berlin, where she teaches children to dance in the Greek manner (2 of 4)

Isadora Duncan / 1 of 4
ISADORA DUNCAN at her school at Grunewald, near Berlin, where she teaches children to dance in the Greek manner (1 of 4)

Hopi Snake Dance
Snake dance of the Hopi people of Arizona, performed with live and poisonous rattlesnakes which are set free after the ceremony, intended to bring rain

Comm Dell arte / Orlandin
Orlandin & Fiuma: he wishes to carry her off, but her tutor is at hand to watch over her

Weber / Freischutz / Liebig4
Act three, scene four : the dance of the bridesmaids

Polka, Grisi & Perrot
Two of the leading dancers of the day - Carlotta Grisi and Jules Perrot - perform the fashionable polka

French Dancer (Reznicek)
MADAME ADELE Dancer

Dancing the Dithyramb
Five Grecian ladies dance the dithyramb, to accompaniment provided by three musicians

LA GONDOLIERA VENICE
During the Regatta at Venezia (Venice) dancers perform the traditional dance of the gondoliers, La Gondoliera

New Age Dance, Mexico
Mexicans dance in celebration of the commencement of a new era of the cosmic cycle

Ballroom Dance / Forgotten
Though he has reserved this waltz on her dance card, he has not come to claim her - has he forgotten her ? is he drunk ? is he playing poker ? or has he found another ?

Ladies Dance in Field
Some ladies, though in elegant dresses and smart shoes, dance in a field, full of the Joys of Spring - and possibly one glass of champagne too many

CARNAVAL BALLET
Carnaval, a romantic ballet to music by Robert Schumann

Ballet in Store
In the Printemps department store in the boulevard Haussmann, Paris, a gala ballet performance is staged in aid of the French Red Cross

Ice Show at Montreal
A spectacular stage show - on ice ! - at Montreal : the dancers represent snowflakes

Two in Spotlight
Two dancers perform in the spotlight in a crowded theatre

Giselle, Grisi
GISELLE Carlotta Grisi in the leading role

Rehearsing a Ballet
Rehearsing a ballet - the ballet-master shows how it should be done

Whos out Front ?
Whos out front ? - two dancers look through the peep- hole to see whether their admirers are in the audience

Dancer and an Admirer
Old hand... young heart

Winged Ballerina + Fan
A winged ballerina poses beside a Liebig jar

Ballerina Balances Can
A ballerina balances a Liebig can on a stick over her head

Ballerina with Wings
A winged ballerina balances upon a Liebig jar

Ballerina on Can
A ballerina stands on a Liebig can

Ballerina and Cans
A ballerina holds a Liebig can - another floats in the air beside her - two more jars are at her feet

Bal Pare, C18 France
A Bal Pare (= literally ornamented ball) in an aristocratic home

Dancing at Blanchard s
Dining and dancing at Blanchards in Beak Street, London : you need to be a member - four guineas subscription

Dancing at the Kit-Kat
Dancers and diners at the Kit- Kat Club in the Haymarket, London : membership costs you seven guineas - equivalent to several hundred pounds today

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