Dancers Collection (page 9)

Stage Golfing Society dinner dance by Hynes
Brilliant cartoon by Hynes depicting in caricature members of the Stage Golfing Society at a dinner dance held at the Savoy Hotel in January 1928. From left to right at the back: Mr R. H

The New Hungaria Restaurant Club at Maidenhead
View of the glass dance floor in the grounds of the Hungaria Restaurant Club at Maidenhead, formerly Murrays River Club. The venue also boasted an excellent ballroom, American bar

Benozzo Gozzoli with figures from Campo Santo, Pisa
Portrait of Benozzo Gozzoli (c1421-1497), Italian Renaissance artist, with two female figures from his series of frescoes at the Campo Santo cemetery, Pisa. Date: 15th century

Pearl Argyle, South African ballet dancer and actress
Pearl Argyle (1910-1947), South African ballet dancer and actress. 1938

Ceremonial dance for Artemis or Diana the Huntress in a sacred forest on the island of Delos. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso after a painting by Angelo Monticelli from Giulio Ferrarios

Wedding feast in an Egyptian harem, 1820, with bride and groom surrounded by female dancers and musicians. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after a painting by Giovanni Bigatti

The king of the Ashanti people welcomes an English mission
The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcomes an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich, 1817. Drummers and dancers with torches perform in front of nobles under parasols and flags

Bacchic chorus of musicians and dancers
A Bacchic chorus of musicians and dancers with tibiae (woodwind), cithara (lyre) and cymbals. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano)

Scottish highland dancer. Date: circa 1910s

In the Garden of the Moulin Rouge, Paris, France. circa 1900

Fortune Teller and two Ballet Dancers. circa 1900

The Blondin Galop by W Guernsey
Promotional music sheet for The Blondin Galop by W. Guernsey. Charles Blondin is shown crossing Niagara falls on a tight-rope, the feat which had made him famous in 1859

The Streets of London Quadrilles
Promotional music sheet for The Streets of London Quadrilles of 1864, dedicated with sincere esteem to Mr Vining. The image shows shows Trafalgar Square with the the National Gallery

The Foxtrot by Helen McKie
A couple in evening dress take to the floor to dance the foxtrot, accompanied by a band. Date: c.1935

Impromptu dance to gramophone at river resort
Impromptu dance to the gramophone at a river resort. Date: 1933

Spanish dancer wearing mantilla

Indian Spear Dance. 19th century

Carl and Tilly Brisson performing the Apache Dance
Carl Brisson and his sister Tilly performing the stirring Apache dance at the Palladium in 1927. Date: 1927

The company of All This- (And Iceland Too), performed by and to the troops at the Fish Shed Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland. At this time it was Icelands only English-speaking theatre. 1942

Miss Kristin Gudmundsdottir and Miss Svava Jons tap-dancing; they were part of the All This- (And Iceland Too), performed by and to the troops at the Fish Shed Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland

The Golden Girls floor show, Reno, Nevada, USA
The Golden Girls nightly floor show, Golden Bank Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA. Date: 1950s

Maurice & Leonora Hughes at Biarritz by Sem
The famous exhibition ballroom dancers, Maurice and Leonora Hughes caricatured at Biarritz by the French cartoonist Sem (Georges Goursat)

The Analysis of Beauty II by William Hogarth -- men and women dancing in a grand salon. 18th century

Taming the Charleston
Mr E. Scott-Atkinson, professional tango champion, and Miss Dorothy Cole, the worlds tango champion demonstrate the old way to dance the Charleston - with legs and feet kicking outwards (bottom row)

Margaret Morris dancers at Cap D Antibes
Margaret Morris dancers enjoying the swimming pool at the Cap D Antibes. Morris had her summer school at Antibes, an environment ideal for the outdoor dancing her movement espoused. Date: 1924

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
Cinema and Dance legends Fred Astaire (1899-1987) and Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) in Flying Down to Rio (1933) Date: 1933

Members of the Royal Ballet, Copenhagen, Denmark, practising their steps with piano accompaniment. Date: 1922

Two musician dancers of Cambodia, South East Asia (then a French Protectorate). 1922

A wireless ball: dancers with headphones at a silent dance
The 1928 equivalent of a silent disco: dancers with headphones at a silent dance on leap year night. Date: 1928

Elephant presentation dance, Nha Trang, South Vietnam
Elephant presentation dance in a public square at the Festivity of the Tet (New Years Feast), Nha Trang, South Vietnam (then known as Annam)

Dancing woman of Biskra, Algeria, North Africa
Dancing woman at a cabaret in Biskra, Algeria, North Africa, with a tambourine in which she collects money. Date: 1922

Two dancing women of Algeria, North Africa
Two dancing women from south of Biskra, Algeria, North Africa. Date: 1922

Scrap, Rongging or Dancing Girl of Java. 19th century

Greetings card - Stylish couple dancing

Silhouette, Ottoman Musician and Dancer
Silhouette, Ottoman musician and dancer. early 19th century

Silhouette, Circus Stilt Walkers dancing. Date: early 19th century

Greetings card, Harlequin and Ballerina

Musician and dancers in a garden. 19th century

Taglioni in La Sylphide
Page from the Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1940, showing The Vision Which Ravished European Audience A Hundred Years Ago: Old Lithographs of the Unmatched Taglioni in La Sylphide

Senorita Tortola Valencia, dancer
Senorita Tortola Valencia pictured in costume for the Dance of the Incense likened at the time to an animated Egyptian frieze

The Ten Commandments of the Dancer - Bateman views
The Ballroom Decalogue - a satirical presentation of it by H. M. Bateman. Date: 1912

Whose Shoe? - scene at a dance, with a stray shoe in the middle of the floor. circa 1898

French poster, three patriotic dancers, WW1
French poster, design by Bernard Becan, three dancers in patriotic costumes, British, American and French, advertising Nouvelles anticipations: ce que sera la grande paix (New anticipations)

Calendar, April 1915, WW1
Calendar, April 1915 -- Carpathians, First World War. By Hermann-Paul. 1914-1915

Mrs McLaughlin (Irene Castle)
Irene Castle, nee Foote (1893-1969) dancer, fashion icon and animal rights activist, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts

Margaret Morris Summer Dancing School
Margaret Morris (1891-1980), the English dancer, pioneer of modern, expressive dance and teacher, giving a demonstration in the grounds of her summer school

The Ballet Dancer. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1969. Date: 1969

April Festival with Giralda belltower, Seville, Spain
Scenes from the April Festival with the Giralda belltower at the centre, Seville, Spain. Date: circa 1930

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