Dances Collection (page 5)

High Jinks
Promotional 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, Paris
Promotional 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 Bolton
Promotional 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 Bateau
Arts 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 Ross
Promotional 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 Tanner
Promotional 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, 1
Sketch 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 Trocadero
Londons 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 lawn
One of Our (Country) Dances on lawn

Wolf cubs in Scouts Gang Show, Ghana, West Africa
Wolf 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, China
Boy 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 century
Dancing the Quadrille at Devonshire House on Piccadilly, London; a very grand gathering. Date: 18th Century

Young officer instructed to dance, 1918
Illustration 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, WW1
Madame 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 Yevonde
The 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 Season
An 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 s
A 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 Sailor
A 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 - yellow
Repeating 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

Swiss Woman dancing with a brown bear
Swiss Woman in traditional costume dancing enthusiastically with a brown bear, the symbol of both the city and surrounding canton of Bern, Switzerland, and is featured in their coat of arms

Thessaloniki, Greece - Bulgarian Traditional Dance
Thessaloniki, Greece - Bulgarian Boys and Girls performing a traditional dance. Date: circa 1907

Gujarat, India - Garba or Circular Gujarat Dance
Garba - a form of dance which originated in Gujarat, India. The name is derived from the Sanskrit term Garbha (womb) and Deep (a small earthenware lamp)

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Why Worry! Cares of the time are danced away by this young couple, frolicing in the garden without a care in the world. Date: circa 1942

Laos - The Kings Orchestra and Dancers
laos - The Kings Orchestra and Dancers at Luang Prabang, the capital of Luang Prabang Province. A UNESCO World Heritage Site

Dancing the French Tango
Magazine cover depicting a couple dancing 1926

Dancing the Charleston and Foxtrot
Magazine cover depicting a couple dancing. 1927

Dancing in feudal times 15th Century

Girl dancing by Christmas tree
A pretty girl wearing a red party frock, dances in front of a beautifully decorated Christmas tree. c. 1910

Silhouette of a dancing family
A father and this two children dance merrily around the room while the mother sits quietly in the corner reading her book. c. 1910

Book of Hours of Alonso Fernᮤez of Cordoba
Book of Hours of Alonso Fernᮤ ez of Cordoba (15th c.). The Nativity of Jesus. Flemish art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Farmers party in a German farm ( Der Jahrmarkt )
" Farmers party in a German farm (" Der Jahrmarkt" ). Music and dancing. Renaissance art. Etching; Engraving."

Le Pont D avignon
SUR LE PONT D AVIGNON, ON Y DANSE... (On the bridge at Avignon, one dances

Rural folk doing the Bourr饠D Auvergne dance
Rural folk doing the Bourr?D Auvergne, is a traditional dance that is danced in couples, or four (two couples, appointed quadrette)

A member of the Forest Service who is participating in Indian dances at the fiesta, Taos, New Mexico. Date 1940 July

Steps Have Been Taken by Laurie Tayler - Growth of the Charl
Humorous cartoon illustrating the growth in popularity of the Charleston dance during the 1920s. The top picture shows a dancefloor crowd looking on with amusement as a single couple engage in

Performance of a dancing woman of Lucknow
A dancing woman of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India - exhibiting before a European Family. (Plate 15 of 20). Date: 1813

Cinderella Dances
Programme ticket for the Queens Westminster and Volunteers Cinderella Dances Lottie Weber in 1890 Date: January 15th 1890

Silhouette, Between Dances
Between Dances -- a silhouette of people watching a piper and highland dancer. 1919

A Bhutia Dancing Party - Tibet
A Bhutia Dancing Party. The Bhutia are ethnic Tibetans who speak a Tibetan dialect. Their ancestors migrated from Tibet to Sikkim, Darjeeling

Romania - Country dancing
A Sunday in the Country - Traditional village dancing in the Romanian countryside. Date: circa 1905

Anabaptist Prophecy
Tuscoschierer dances and prophesies before Jan Bockelsen, king of the Anabaptists at Munster. Date: after June 1534

Tapirape Warriors
Tapirape warriors of Brazil, South America, at the annual ceremonial dances. The magician in the foreground is wearing a very rare crown of Black Jaguar claws. Date: 1930s

Costumes 18th Century
Aristocratic costumes of the late 18th century. The period was light-hearted, the dances, such as the quadrille and gavotte, were stately and unambitious. Date: late 18th century

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