May 13 2012
12:35 pm
Richard Miller, Naked Ballerina with Gentleman, 1943. Source: Getty Museum

Richard Miller, Naked Ballerina with Gentleman, 1943.

Source: Getty Museum

Posted 1 week ago
#1940s #nude #ballerina #ballet #gentlema #richard miller #vintage
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May 10 2012
2:15 am
Marilyn Miller, ca. 1922.

Marilyn Miller, ca. 1922.

Posted 2 weeks ago
#1920s #marilyn miller #vintage #portrait #dancer #actress #ballerina #ballet
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Apr 29 2012
5:43 am
Frans Van Riel, Anna Pavlova in costume for the Dying Swan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ca. 1928.

Frans Van Riel, Anna Pavlova in costume for the Dying Swan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ca. 1928.

Posted 4 weeks ago
#1920s #buenos aires #argentina #vintage #portrait #ballet #ballerina #anna pavlova #the dying swan #frans van riel
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Mar 15 2012
1:27 am
Max Dupain, Russian ballerina and actress Tamara Toumanova and Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer performing Swan Lake, December 1936-August 1940. Source: State Library of New South Wales

Max Dupain, Russian ballerina and actress Tamara Toumanova and Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer performing Swan Lake, December 1936-August 1940.

Source: State Library of New South Wales

Posted 2 months ago
#1940s #max dupain #vintage #portrait #dancers #dancing #ballet #ballerina #tamara toumanova #australia #swan lake
17 notes

Mar 13 2012
2:50 am
Tamara Toumanova, 1932.

Tamara Toumanova, 1932.

Posted 2 months ago
#1930s #ballerina #ballet #dancer #vintage #portrait #tamara toumanova
49 notes

Mar 13 2012
2:22 am
Anna Pavlova in costume for “Raymonda,” Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1910.

Anna Pavlova in costume for “Raymonda,” Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1910.

Posted 2 months ago
#1910s #anna pavlova #ballerina #dancer #vintage #portrait
48 notes

Mar 7 2012
2:07 pm
Robert Demachy, Behind the Scenes, ca. 1906. Source: Camera Work, No. 16, 1906

Robert Demachy, Behind the Scenes, ca. 1906.

Source: Camera Work, No. 16, 1906

Posted 2 months ago
#1900s #edwardians #ballerina #ballerinas #ballet #dancer #robert demachy #vintage #portrait
25 notes

Feb 24 2012
2:08 pm
Student Edwina Seaver trying to emulate Vera Zorina’s grand jete as Vera Zorina watches at Lincoln Kirstein’s School of American Ballet. Photograph by Gjon Mili. New York City, 1940.

Student Edwina Seaver trying to emulate Vera Zorina’s grand jete as Vera Zorina watches at Lincoln Kirstein’s School of American Ballet. Photograph by Gjon Mili. New York City, 1940.

Posted 3 months ago
#1940s #new york #NYC #USA #gjo mili #school of american ballet #ballerinas #ballerina #ballet #dancer #dancing #jumping #jump #vintage
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Feb 13 2012
1:11 am
Ballerinas Diana Adams (L) and Barbara Fallis in costume for “Dim Lustre” and “Apollo” respectively. Photograph by Gjon Mili. New York City, 1947.

Ballerinas Diana Adams (L) and Barbara Fallis in costume for “Dim Lustre” and “Apollo” respectively. Photograph by Gjon Mili. New York City, 1947.

Posted 3 months ago
#1940s #new york #new york city #NYC #USA #dancers #dancer #dancing #ballerina #ballerinas #ballet #vintage #gjon mili
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Feb 3 2012
2:38 pm
A ballerina lacing up her slippers in the Great Theater. Photograph by Margaret Bourke-White. Moscow, Russia, 1931.

A ballerina lacing up her slippers in the Great Theater. Photograph by Margaret Bourke-White. Moscow, Russia, 1931.

Posted 3 months ago
#1930s #moscow #russia #margaret bourke-white #ballerina #ballet #vintage
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