Richard Miller, Naked Ballerina with Gentleman, 1943.
Source: Getty Museum

Richard Miller, Naked Ballerina with Gentleman, 1943.

Source: Getty Museum

Marilyn Miller, ca. 1922.

Marilyn Miller, ca. 1922.

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.

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

Tamara Toumanova, 1932.

Tamara Toumanova, 1932.

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

Robert Demachy, Behind the Scenes, 1904.
Source: Camera Work, No. 7, 1904

Robert Demachy, Behind the Scenes, 1904.

Source: Camera Work, No. 7, 1904

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.

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.

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.