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Historical fancy dress costume, 1911The 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 FishA 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, 1912The 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 danceA 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 1950SBoys & girls perform traditional English dances on the village green at Elstow, Bedfordshire, England including a sword dance & maypole dances. Date: 1950s
A Montmartre AtelierA model dances to banjo music in an atelier in Montmartre, Paris (France). Date: 1907
Musician of DahomeyA 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 1912Cl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 DancesA West African king performs a ceremonial dance before the women and warriors of his tribe Date: 1870
Ball at the Moulin Rouge club in ParisLe bal du Moulin Rouge, Paris, France Date: 1898
An Irish jigYoung boy in a hat dances a jig with a happy looking pig. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1911
Miss Lauri Devine as Lorelei of This Year of GraceColour photograph in the Sketch of 26th December 1926 of dancer Miss Lauri Devine as Lorelei in This Year of Grace, the successful revue by Noel Coward
Couple dancing, c. 1600A couple having a good old knees-up, c.1600 Date: C.1600
Tatler photo of Lady Constance Stewart-RichardsonTatler photograph of 27th October 1909 entitled Versatility Personified showing Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson, sister of Countess Cromatie dancing barefoot in a Grecian-style costume having
A Waltz Dream adapted by Adrian RossPromotional postcard for A Waltz Dream adapted by Adrian Ross from the German of Felix Doermann & Leopold Jacobson (Carltheater, Vienna, 2nd March 1907); music Oscar Straus
Virginia by Herbert Clayton D Furber & Burt LeePromotional postcard for Virginia by Herbert Clayton, Douglas Furber, R. P. Weston and Bert Lee; music Jack Waller and Joseph Tunbridge. First produced at the Palace Theatre, 24th October 1928
Veronique by Henry HamiltonPromotional postcard for Veronique adapted by Henry Hamilton from the French of Albert Van Loo & Georges Duval (Theatre des Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, 10th December 1898); music Andre Messager
Tonights The Night by Fred ThomsonPromotional postcard for Tonights The Night by Fred Thomson from Les Dominos Roses by Alfred Hennequin & Alfred Delacour (Theatre du Vaudeville, Paris, 17th April 1876); music Paul Rubens
Seener and FridkinPromotional postcard for Seener and Fridkin Russian Song and Dance Company They must have toured Europe, as Song and Dance are given in French and German as well as English
Trocadero advertisement during London Season, 1958Advertisement placed by the Trocadero at Piccadilly Circus highlighting the dates where it still had the Empire Suite available to be hired for debutante dances. Date: 1958
The Lady Dandies by Basil HoodPromotional postcard for The Lady Dandies by Basil Hood from the play by Victorien Sardou; music Hugo Felix. First produced at the Dalys Theatre, 27th October 1906
Home Sweet Home by Frank LindoPromotional postcard for Home Sweet Home by Frank Lindo. First produced at the Carleton Theatre, Greenwich, 18th May 1903 and Grand Theatre, Islington, 4th July 1904
Myanmar - Traditional Dancing Girl Date: circa 1905
High JinksPromotional postcard for High Jinks by Leo Ditrichstein & Otto Harbach, adapted by Frederick Lonsdale from Les Dragees de Hercule by Maurice Hennequin and Paul Bilhaud (1904); music Rudolf Friml
Moulin Rouge, ParisPromotional postcard for the Moulin Rouge, Paris. The original house, which burned down in 1915, was co-founded in 1889 by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia
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
Arts League of Service Travelling Theatre - En BateauArts League of Service - The Travelling Theatre - En Bateau - an absurdity. The Travelling Theatre performed a repertory of short plays by first-class authors such as Yeata, Synge, Galsworthy
The Girl in the Train adapted by Adrian RossPromotional postcard for The Girl in the Train adapted by Adrian Ross from Die Geschiedene Frau (The Divorcee, Carltheater, Vienna, 23rd December 1908) by Victor Leon; music Leo Fall
The Girl from Utah by James P TannerPromotional postcard of The Girl From Utah by James T. Tanner; music Paul Rubens. Artist: E. P. Kinsella. First produced at the Adelphi Theatre, 18th October 1913
Sketch of principal dances in Diaghileffs Russian Ballet, 1Sketch of principal dances in Serge Diaghileffs Russian Ballet, 1927 : Lydia Sokolova, Serge Lifar, Leon Woizikowsky, Stanislas Idzikovsky and Olga Spressiva Date: 1927
Londons return to noctural gaiety: dancing at the TrocaderoLondons return to noctural gaiety: supper licensed as in the pre-war days. Since licensing hours for the selling of alcohol were extended
A Japanese lady dances with a scarf. Date: 1932
One of Our Country Dances on lawnOne of Our (Country) Dances on lawn
Wolf cubs in Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West AfricaWolf cubs on stage, taking part in a Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West Africa. Seen here giving a variation of the jungle dances
Boy Scouts perform Devil Dances, Nanking, ChinaBoy Scouts performing Devil Dances at a national rally in Nanking (Nanjing), China. They are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Chinese Republic. Date: 1937
Quadrille at Devonshire House, 18th centuryDancing the Quadrille at Devonshire House on Piccadilly, London; a very grand gathering. Date: 18th Century
Young officer instructed to dance, 1918Illustration from the Letters of Eve column in The Tatler showing a young subaltern being told to dance (in no uncertain terms) by his commanding officer, Colonel Firebrand! Date: 1918
Mme. Karina & pupils in patriotic dance tableau, WW1Madame Karina, Danish prima ballerina, pictured with a number of her pupils, all children or sisters of serving officers, taking part in a dance called The Good Angel
Hon. Anthony and Mrs Vivian by Madame YevondeThe Hon. Anthony and Mrs Vivian by Madame Yevonde. Anthony Crespigny Claude Vivian, 5th Baron Vivian (1906-1991) and Victoria Ruth Mary Rosamund Oliphant (1907-1985) married in 1930
Native American Indians performing a war dance
A couple dressed in their finery, dancing
A Society ball in a London mansion during the SeasonAn impression of one of the many formal Society balls in a big London mansion during the Season showing an ambassador approaching two ladies (possibly with his dance card)
Dancing to Tommy Kinsmans band at Quaglino sA ball during the 1959 London Season held at Quaglinos in aid of the National Playing Fields Association and Surrey County Cricketers
Music cover, The Lancers Quadrilles, or Duval (of Dublin)s Second Set, Seventh Edition. Containing Les Graces, La Dorset, Lodoiska, La Native, and Les Lanciers
Hello SailorA lively girl shows a bit of leg as she dances on a piano while it is being played by a sailor! Date: early 1930s
Repeating Pattern - Dancing girls - silhouette - yellowRepeating Pattern - Three young girls in pretty frocks dancing (in silhouette on yellow background). *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern
Japan - Japanese Dancing girl and Shamisen player. Date: circa 1904
