Historic Photos
Cha-cha-chá
Stan Douglas ~ Dancer I, 1950

Cha-cha-chá

Stan Douglas ~ Dancer I, 1950

Music Visualizations, Synchoric Orchestra dancing Schubert’s…

…..Unfinished Symphony, first performed in 1919 at Shawn’s Grand Ave., Los Angeles studio. (Later done in 1931 at Lewisohn Stadium, with children.). Kales, Arthur — Photographer. 1919.

Music Visualizations, Synchoric Orchestra dancing Schubert’s…

…..Unfinished Symphony, first performed in 1919 at Shawn’s Grand Ave., Los Angeles studio. (Later done in 1931 at Lewisohn Stadium, with children.). Kales, Arthur — Photographer. 1919.

Title: Marion Morgan dancers
Creator(s): Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942, photographer
Date Created/Published: between 1914 and 1942; from a negative taken between 1914 and 1927.

  • Title: Marion Morgan dancers
  • Creator(s): Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942, photographer
  • Date Created/Published: between 1914 and 1942; from a negative taken between 1914 and 1927.

Title: Dancer
Creator(s): Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942, photographer
Related Names:    Lukas, Jan , photographer
Date Created/Published: between 1930 and 1942; from a print.

  • Title: Dancer
  • Creator(s): Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942, photographer
  • Related Names: 
       Lukas, Jan , photographer
  • Date Created/Published: between 1930 and 1942; from a print.

Olga Spessiva in Swan Lake costume, 1934 / photographer Sydney Fox Studio, 3rd Floor, 88 King St, Sydney

For the sad life story of Olga Spessivtzeva (billed Spessiva for phonic simplicity or maybe to make the name more the same length as “Pavlova” who had toured six years before on her Australian tour); and the part Australia played in her life, see the Valerie Lawson article: The life of Olga Spessivtseva: spies, delusions and the comfort of dolls ( dancelines.com.au/research/the-life-of-olga-spessivtseva-… )

Olga Spessiva in Swan Lake costume, 1934 / photographer Sydney Fox Studio, 3rd Floor, 88 King St, Sydney

For the sad life story of Olga Spessivtzeva (billed Spessiva for phonic simplicity or maybe to make the name more the same length as “Pavlova” who had toured six years before on her Australian tour); and the part Australia played in her life, see the Valerie Lawson article: The life of Olga Spessivtseva: spies, delusions and the comfort of dolls ( dancelines.com.au/research/the-life-of-olga-spessivtseva-… )

Three women Ivan Novikoff dancers dressed as gypsies dancing in a field, Washington State
1929

Three women Ivan Novikoff dancers dressed as gypsies dancing in a field, Washington State

1929


Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon - Qagychl

Description: This image was taken c. 1907-1930.
Creator/Photographer: Edward S. CurtisBirth Date: 1868Death Date: 1952

Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon - Qagychl

Description: This image was taken c. 1907-1930.

Creator/Photographer: Edward S. Curtis
Birth Date: 1868
Death Date: 1952

“Swan lake”, Ballets Russes, [1].

The Geoffrey Ingram collection of ballet photographs from the Ballets Russes Australian tour, 1936-1940.

“Swan lake”, Ballets Russes, [1].

The Geoffrey Ingram collection of ballet photographs from the Ballets Russes Australian tour, 1936-1940.