Dances Collection (page 3)

Commedia Ballerina dancing
The Ballerina dances and plays her tambourine. Date: 1500

Devil dancing with worshippers at Sabbat
The Devil dances with four of his worshippers, while demons cavort over their heads Date: circa 1600

ROMAN CELEBRATION / VIRGIL
Dancing in honour of CERES (Demeter), the goddess of agriculture. On Ceres let him call & Ceres praise, With uncouth dances & with country lays. Date: First published: 29 BC

Cartoon, The French Serpentine Dance (Panama Scandal)
Cartoon, The French Serpentine Dance -- a satirical comment on the Panama Scandal, showing the French Republic dancing in a dress labelled with the words bribery, blackmail and anarchy. Date: 1893

Ballet Performance - 1920s Date: circa 1920s

Sinhalese Devil Dancers - Sri Lanka. The Sinhalese (Sinhala, Sinhala Jathiya, Hela or Sinhale) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. Date: 1909

The 1958 Season - list of parties and balls in The Tatler
Brilliant vista of last Royal season. Double page spread from The Tatler magazine listing some of the coming out dances and debutante cocktail parties for the 1958 London Season - significant in

Colmans Mustard throughout English history
History and the Mustard Pot - promotional booket for Colmans Mustard, looking at the role of Colmans throughout English history

Ouled Nails Woman in Covered Camel Palanquin
An Ouled Nails woman in Southern Algeria, showing her very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Soviet Armenia - Kurdish Girls - Traditional Dance Date: circa 1930s

Sheet music with comic verse on a Christmas card -- Auld Lang Syne, Home Sweet Home, The Mistletoe Bough and Royal Country Dances (four tunes, fortunes). Date: circa 1890s

Dance card - programme
Dance card for the Annual Ball of the Metropolitan Police, Holborn Division, held at the Holborn Restaurant on 27th January 1913, listing the 24 dances

Sri Lanka - Devil Dancers. Date: circa 1910s

Arab Dancing Girl
An Arabic woman dances with a veil

Nina Rosa by Otto Harbach
Promotional postcard for Nina Rosa by Otto Harbach; music Sigmund Romberg (Majestic Theatre, New York, 20th September 1930). First produced in England at the Lyceum Theatre, 7th July 1931

In Dahomey by Jesse A Shipp
In Dahomey by Jesse A. Shipp; music Will Marion Cook et. al. First produced in England at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 16th May 1903

Col Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thorne - Papers
Papers relating to Col Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol Thornes military career and family life, 1930-1931.Including: letters relating to his marriage settlement

War mask pongdudu, made by Boa people (Congo). Used to engender fear in the enemy and served during war and dances. African art. Decorative Arts. BELGIUM. FLANDERS. BRABANT. Tervuren

Exit tango: satire on the end of a dance craze, 1914
Satirical comment from Punch Magazine on the end of the tango craze. A couple dance off, while a some what more conservatively dressed spirit of dancing gladly wakes up from the "

Algerian Woman - Handkerchief Dance
An Algerian woman doing the handkerchief dance - Algeria

Cesare Di Negri
CESARE DI NEGRI Italian dancing master at the court of Milan, known as Il Trombone : published many classic dances

Telescopic dress for the tango 1914
Skirt extended; and skirt closed, a curious trouser and knickerbocker gown worn by Madge Lessing (1866 - 1932), stage beauty. Date: 1914

The Duchess of Dantzic book and lyrics by Henry Hamilton. George Dances Co. touring to Opera House, Northampton on 5th November 1906?. The most Gorgeous Production ever seen on the Stage

The Dancing Mistress by James Tanner, music Lionel Monckton
The Dancing Mistress by James T. Tanner, with music by Lionel Monckton. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre on 19th October 1912. The scene shown here is the Swiss Oberwald. George Dances Co

The Count of Luxembourg adapted by Basil Hood. The staircase is in Grand Duke Rutzinovs reception hall. (Act II). Naturally, Adele and the impoverished Count fall in love

Mlle. Mado Minty in Come Over Here by Mizner and Pemberton
Mlle. Mado Minty in Come Over Here, Revue by Wilson Mizner and Max Pemberton at The London Opera House, Kingsway. Mlle. Mado Minty is shown here climbing across an enormous net

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Music cover, Wildflowers Waltz by Jullien, composed and dedicated to the lady patronesses of the authors grand Yorkshire ball. circa 1850s

The Cingalee (or Sunny Ceylon) by James Tanner
The Cingalee by James T. Tanner (17 October 1858 18 June 1915), with music by Lionel Monckton (18 December 1861 15 February 1924)

A Chinese Honeymoon by George Dance. Whereas Dance sometimes leased out his shows to other touring managers, he had many touring companies of his own, as seen here

The Babes in the Wood, John Walters Company production
The Babes in the Wood, flyer for Mr and Mrs John Walters Company, who have made arrangements to tour the West of England with their Superbly Beautiful Production

Hollywood movie star Shirley Mason, from Fox Studios, 1924
A portrait of the Hollywood movie star Shirley Mason, from Fox Studios, 1924. She is wearing a dance costume from the film The Purple Phial (The Eleventh Hour). Date: 1924

Resy and Dragor, Pierre and Silk, Marsh and Maud
Four professional poses: Maud Resy and Dragor (French dancers recently appeared in the London Coliseum), M.Pierre and Marjory Silk (gave exhibition dances at the Hyde Park Hotel)

A portrait of the dancer Oilvette in an elegant dance frock, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Advert for a subscription dances at Rectors Nightclub, London, 1921 Date: 1921

The Scarf Dance - Algeria, North Africa Date: circa 1908

Algeria - Moorish Dancer with tambourine
Algeria - A beautiful Moorish Dancer playing a tambourine. Date: 1902

Dancers at a 1960s party
Michael Pohl and Carole West, " a TV dancer", dancing at the El Cubano restaurant. Carole West demonstrates the See-Saw, " a new dance she has thought up". 1966

Two jovial Easter bunnies, one looking rather mad, dancing away to the tunes produced from the violin of his friend! Date: circa 1920s

Historical fancy dress costume, 1911
The Fancy Dress Ball Season: Some Historically accurate Dresses Suitable for Coming Dances. In a bid to help out guests at fancy dress balls and to obviate the absurdity of not knowing what you are

Tango at the Savoy by Fish
A Spanish lady wearing a tight black bodice and long pink chiffon skirt demonstrates the authentic tango on the dancefloor at the Savoy Hotel. Date: 1926

The Chelsea Arts Club Costume Ball at the Albert Hall, 1912
The Chelsea Arts Club costume ball at the Albert Hall: resting between the dances. Date: 1912

Music cover, The Sea Side Schottische, by Ezra Read. circa 1890s

Native American Indians pony dance
A tribal pony dance, showing a native American Indian riding a horse in traditional costume, and a group of native Indians chanting in the background. Date: 1891

MAY DAY 1950S
Boys & girls perform traditional English dances on the village green at Elstow, Bedfordshire, England including a sword dance & maypole dances. Date: 1950s

A Montmartre Atelier
A model dances to banjo music in an atelier in Montmartre, Paris (France). Date: 1907

Musician of Dahomey
A Kenikbah (harpist) of Dahomey, West Africa, dances while he plays the KAN-GRO, a simple hand-held harp-like instrument. Date: circa 1860

Cl鯠de M鲯de 1912
Cl鯠 de M鲯 de (1875 1966), French dancer of the Belle ɰ oque, dances the Dance of Spring in Nouguess Danseuse de Pompeii

Munsa King Dances
A West African king performs a ceremonial dance before the women and warriors of his tribe Date: 1870

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