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Pastoral dance. 18th century. Colored engraving
Relief depicting contortionists dancers. Temple of Hatshepsut. Eighteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Deir el-Bahari. Egypt
Dance of the Sufi dervishes. 19th century. Colored engraving
Myanmar - Yangon - Pongyi Street Dramatic Troupe of traditional Burmese entertainers/dancers/performers. Date: circa 1910s
Japan - Female Japanese musical group and dancers. Date: circa 1905
Victorian scrap - black dancer with tambourine. 19th century
Music cover, Jig-Saw! Albert de Courvilles 10th Hippodrome Revue, Selection arranged by Henri Juxon, music by F W Chappelle. 1920
Music cover, La Vivandiere, ballet musicMusic cover, La Vivandiere (The Washerwoman), ballet danced at the opera by Cerrito and Leon, music by Pugni and Leon, quadrille by Marcailhou. circa 1850s
Music cover, O-Kay for Sound, from a London Palladium production by George Black, with words and music by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr. 1936
Japan - Tea Pickers Dance of the Allies - 1918Japan - Tea Pickers Dance of the Allies, composed for the occasion - performed at an informal entertainment for Japanese and Foreign Exporters by the Shidzuokaken Tea Association, July 3rd 1918
Turkey - Hamals (Porters) dancing Date: 1910
Buffalo danceGallas tribal buffalo dance, when returning home after a victory they celebrate a curious and violent dance, vigorously dancing around the buffalo skin, leaping high in the air
Firework DisplayA firework show depicting the Last Days of Pompeii in the Polo Ground, New York, U.S.A. Date: 1930s
Pyrrhic DanceDancers performing the Pyrrhic Dance. Date: BC
Social / Kit-Kat Club 1926Elegant dancers and diners at the Kit-Kat Club in the Haymarket, London Date: 1926
Casino De Chicago 1933The Casino de Chicago stages a hyper-revue to celebrate the end of prohibition: Cocktails for ever Date: 1933
Social / German DancersA couple perform the Allemande (German) dance to a small audience Date: 1772
Social / Seville Cafe 20CA coffee house in Seville, with flamenco dancers on a stage Date: 1911
Jazz / Dance / Music 1921- Why do you come, if you don t dance ? - I like the music ! Date: 1921
Barefoot DancerIsadora Duncan (1877 1927), American dancer. 1904
Tango (Usobol)Two cheerful dancers enjoy their tango. Date: circa 1914
Restrained Tango DancersA monocled gent and his partner perform the tango in a restrained and respectable manner Date: circa 1914
Smart Dancers 1920SA monocled gentleman partners a skimpily but exotically dressed gentlewoman. Date: circa 1920
Cartoon, Gossiping in the background. The older ones watch the younger ones dance. One of the men is still in uniform, for the war is only recently over. The other man is in evening dress
Austrian DancersAn elegant Austrian pair Date: early 19th century
Dancers of DionysosUninhibited dancers and musicians perform in honour of Dionysos
Tibetan Devil DancersPriests, dressed as demons, process through a village Date: 1910
Gipsy DancersGypsy dancers Date: 1883
Demidoff & Tamara / BalletDemidoff & Tamara Gamsakourdia, from a drawing by Cappiello Date: 1919
Scala Theatre, Milan, Italy Performance of a BalletScala Theatre - Milan, Italy -Performance of a Ballet
Robot chorus girls in New YorkWhen a New York impresario replaces his chorus girls with electrically powered robots, his ingenuity is not well received by the audience. Date: 1928
A Tango tea dance in Paris Date: 1914
Pantomime fairies in the flies, perhaps about to make a surprise entrance from above the stage. 1871
Little girls dancing in a rowA line of little girls in party dresses dance in unison. Date: 1901
Charles Sabin and Edwina St. Claire - dancersProteges of Maurice - Charles Sabin and Edwina St. Claire dancing in the Midnight Follies, the cabaret at the Metropole Hotel
The Midnight Follies cabaret - the charlestonDancers performing the Charleston at the Midnight Follies cabaret at the Hotel Metropole in 1927. Date: 1927
Song, La Jota Aragonesa -- a traditional Spanish song, with dancing, from Aragon, dating back to the 18th century. Date: circa 1900s
Girls building at the Wigman SchoolPage from The Sketch reporting on the novel sight of girl pupils at the Mary Wigman School in Berlin working as assistants to the workmen engaged on building a new school-house
Pavlova Anna (1881-1931)Promotional postcard for Anna Pavlova 1881-1931. The famous Russian ballet dancer settled in London in 1912. For her promotional tour to the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, 15th January 1912. Date: 1912
The Little Match Girl by Captain JanssenPromotional postcard for The Little Match Girl musical by Captain Janssen from Hans Andersens fairy tale. First produced Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, 26th December 1917
New sensation dance crazes, 1912Examples of dances gaining in popularity in 1912, which, The Tatler, says in bemusement, were, threatening to undermine the decorum of our ballrooms
Yes, Uncle by Austen Hurgon and George ArthursPromotional postcard for Yes, Uncle by Austen Hurgon and George Atthurs; music Nat D. Ayer. First produced Prince of Wales Theatre, 26th December 1917. Touring to Dalston Theatre, 27th January 1919
Three Arts Ball at The Albert HallAn impression of the Dazzle Ball at The Albert Hall, 1919 Date: 1919
Sally by Guy BoltonPromotional postcard for Sally by Guy Bolton; music Jerome Kern. (New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, 21st December 1920). First produced in England Winter Garden Theatre
Two women in Helston Floral Dance costume, CornwallTwo women in their special dresses for the annual Helston Floral Dance, Helston, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s
Lead Dancers in Helston Floral Dance, CornwallTwo Lead Dancers in the street, taking part in the Midday Dance of the annual Helston Floral Day, Helston, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s
Advertisement for the Palais de Danse, Hammersmith, 19191919 advert for the Palais de Danse, a vast and hugely popular dance venue in West London where American jazz bands played the tunes
Paradise Girls of the Paradise Cabaret Restaurant, New York - 49th Street and Broadway. " Gorgeous! Glamorous! Thrilling!" Date: circa 1938
