Classic Dance Performances

Vintage images of performers in various dance styles, from ballet to burlesque, highlighting elegance and grace in costumes, set in historical contexts.

Elaine Fifield, Australian ballerina, rehearses for her title role in the new ballet Madame Chrysantheme. The opera recently had its premiere at the Royal Opera House, London. April 3, 1955.

SHIRLEY MACLAINE in SWEET CHARITY (1969), directed by BOB FOSSE.

Miss Sally Gilmour will appear with the Ballet Rambert, which will begin a return season at the Tivoli Theatre on Monday. Here she is as Giselle in the ballet of that name included in the first week's programme. October 1, 1948.

Tatiana Garrido Guardia. Teatro Isabel La Católica. Granada 2005.

Elaine Fifield, Australian ballerina, rehearses for her title role in the new ballet Madame Chrysantheme. The opera recently had its premiere at the Royal Opera House, London. April 3, 1955.

BARBARA STANWYCK in LADY OF BURLESQUE (1943), directed by WILLIAM A. WELLMAN.

ELEANOR POWELL in BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940 (1940), directed by NORMAN TAUROG.

LILLIAN GISH in THE WIND (1928), directed by VICTOR SJOSTROM.

Tamara Tchinarova, Finch's wife, came to Australia with the Russian Ballet, stayed and danced leading roles with the Borovansky company. She met Peter at a Sydney swim pool. August 16, 1947. (Photo by Athol Shmith Studio).

Micheline is embarrassed.French show girl Micheline Bernardini thinks ***** of appearing in the nude in Paris.But in Sydney, even if it were legal, Micheline would draw the line.The Prudishness of Australian audiences becomes embarrassing, says Micheline.The interview was conducted with difficulty, accompanied by playful slaps between Micheline and the interpreter, a Frenchman.Micheline, who is Venus in the show, is tall, with brown eyes, perfect figure. May 1, 1948.

MARIAN MARSH in SVENGALI (1931), directed by ARCHIE MAYO.

RISE STEVENS in THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER (1941).

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MARILYN MONROE in BUS STOP (1956), directed by JOSHUA LOGAN.

"Skin of our Teeth" Dress Rehearsal. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Joan Collins , Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! , 1954 directed by Leo McCarey Twentieth Century Fox Pictures

Lucky shamrock

LESLIE CARON in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951), directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI.

Leg Radio ***** - Not a new fashion ***** but a gadget that ***** lives during the war. And it looks as if its going to ***** Underground Radio. Miss Razel Dean an employee of Teleradio, London, demonstrates the tiny "leg-radio" used by Allied agents during the war. The radio has a value in peace as a portable receiver. May 22, 1946.

BAKER.

Suzy Delair, young Paris music-hall star, does a "semi-striptease" in the new French film "Lady Paname" (slang for "Lady Paris"). June 4, 1950. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).

'Margaret', of the Windmill Theatre, London, 1938. Artist: Unknown

ELIZABETH TAYLOR in LOVE IS BETTER THAN EVER (1952), directed by STANLEY DONEN.

JESSIE RALPH in SAN FRANCISCO (1936), directed by W. S. VAN DYKE.

Anefo photo collection. TV: Jasperina Show, Jasperina de Jong in scene. November 17, 1971

Woman playing a horn with streamers around her (EV007057_H)

Paris, France: c. 1928. Russian Ballerina Alice Nikitina with the Russian Ballet, who will be dancing at the Opera in Paris.

JOAN CRAWFORD in DANCING LADY (1933), directed by ROBERT Z. LEONARD.

Vintage photograph. female marionette dancing

MARILYN MONROE in CLASH BY NIGHT (1952), directed by FRITZ LANG.

Anefo photo collection. The Corry chunks show for TV, corry chunks during singing. September 16, 1964

ISABEL PANTOJA. MARIA ISABEL PANTOJA MARTIN. CANTANTE ESPAÑOLA.SEVILLA 1956 -. ACTUACION EN EL TEATRO DE LA COMEDIA DE MADRID , AÑO 1978.

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MARLENE DIETRICH in THE BLUE ANGEL (1930) -Original title: DER BLAUE ENGEL-, directed by JOSEF VON STERNBERG.

Hollywood, California: c. 1932 Actress Sally Starr brought her dancing talents and shoes to film from the stage.

Preparing For The Royal Performance -- Margot Fonteyn, who will dance the role of the "Princess" in her dressing-room at the Covent Garden at the dress rehearsal to-day (Monday).The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, will re-open on Wednesday February 20th when the Sadlers Wells Ballet Company will perform "The Sleeping Beauty" before the King and Queen. February 18, 1946.

CARMEN MIRANDA in THAT NIGHT IN RIO (1941), directed by IRVING CUMMINGS.

Female marionette dancing

Gilda Gray Readies For Comeback -- Gilda Gray, the shimmy queen of the 1920s, sizes up her still-shapely calves as she announces she's planning to hit the big time again. She says she's coming out of retirement for a couple of TV shows and then will move on with a night club and theater act. "It'll be a big act, Honey," she told a reporters. She and Columbia Pictures recently settled out of court her suit for $1,000,000 in which she charged Rita Hayworth stole some of her dance sequences for the movie "Gilda." February 18, 1954. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)

Turkish Princess is a Cabaret StarThe Turkish Princess Semiramis is appearing at present in the Moulin rouge night club in Vienna. Her partner is Ali Burma and the Pair do an Asiatic pantomime Routine Entitled "whom the gods love".....they are a great success. Photo shows: Princess Semiramis in the costume she wears for her act. February 9, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.)

United States: 1929 Two women toe dancers in the Fanchon and Marco's production of "The Idea of Beauty".

Chicago, Illinois: 1933 Dancer Sally Rand performing her latest dance creation, "Leda and the Swan", at the Chicago World's Fair.

London, England: c. 1934. Princess Irene Bogdan of Romania training at the London Dance School to make her dancing debut in a forthcoming production.

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San Francisco, California c. 1946One of the performers at the Chinese Sky Room nightclub in San Francisco doing some cleaning for their performance.

RITA HAYWORTH in SALOME (1953), directed by WILLIAM DIETERLE.

MITZI GAYNOR in THE BIRDS AND THE BEES (1956), directed by NORMAN TAUROG.

Marilyn Monroe , There's No Business Like Show Business , 1954 directed by Walter Lang 20th Century Fox

Massiel durante su actuación en el festival de Eurovisión del año 1968.

Margo Fonteyn - Rehearsals, Costumes Tutus Etc.. February 04, 1955.

THE SHOW OF SHOWS (1929), directed by JOHN G. ADOLFI.

Anefo photo collection. Assignments Italian opera "The Troubadour". April 9, 1959

FRANK SINATRA and RITA HAYWORTH in PAL JOEY (1957), directed by GEORGE SIDNEY.

MARILYN MONROE in NIAGARA (1953), directed by HENRY HATHAWAY.

Vintage Photograph. Woman in uniform and top hat smiling with hands up

ILONA MASSEY in ROSALIE (1937), directed by W. S. VAN DYKE.

The Letter, Warner Bros. 1940. Producer: Robert Lord. Director: William Wyler. Based on short story by the British author Somerset Maugham. Poster for the film starring Bette Davis (1908-1989) American Hollywood actress and film star. Leslie Crosbie (played by Davis) holding a smoking gun, having shot her lover.

IMPERIO ARGENTINA.

Anefo photo collection. Eurovision Song Contest 1962 in Luxembourg, for Germany Conny FROBOES. March 18, 1962. Germany, Luxembourg

Belén Maya. Teatro Municipal Badalona, Barcelona, 2000.

Film still from 'Diamond Horseshoe' starring Betty Grable, Phil Silvers, Margaret Dumont, and Dick Haynes.

Smiling girl with dark hair in dance outfit in front of solid backdrop

PLATINUM HIGH SCHOOL (1960), directed by CHARLES F. HAAS.

SUZANNE PLESHETTE in THE GEISHA BOY (1958), directed by FRANK TASHLIN.

AUDREY HEPBURN in FUNNY FACE (1957), directed by STANLEY DONEN.

SARA MONTIEL in THE WOMAN FROM BEIRUT (1965) -Original title: LA DAMA DE BEIRUT-, directed by LADISLAO VAJDA.

ESTHER WILLIAMS in DANGEROUS WHEN WET (1953), directed by CHARLES WALTERS.

Film still from 'Gentlemen Marry Brunettes' starring Jane Russell, Jeanne Crain, Rudy Vallee, and Alan Young.

GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (1933), directed by MERVYN LEROY.

Sally Gilmour - Ballet Dance (England). January 18, 1941.

BRIGITTE BARDOT in DOCTOR AT SEA (1955), directed by RALPH THOMAS.

Samia Makes Her Gotham Debut -- Voluptuous Samia Gamal, the Egyptian dancer whose terpsichorean specialties won the heart and hand of Texas oil heir Sheppard King, weaves her way across the stage of the Latin Quarter night club here last night in her local professional debut. A fascinated spectator is Air Force Sgt. Robert L.Weaver, lower left, from Hudson, Ohio, home on furlough from Korea. Weaver said Samia was his pinup girl overseas. March 03, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

MARILYN MONROE in THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955), directed by BILLY WILDER.

"Skin of our Teeth" Dress Rehearsal. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Ice 'Dick Whittington' -- Pat Gregory (pictured here), 21-year-old Australian, has been given a 'Break' about which all actresses dream. She is principal boy in the £100,000 Pantomine 'Dick Whittington on Ice', at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Pat will wear four costumes, valued at £2,000, in the Pantomime.Dick Whittington - Australian Pat Gregory (21), has been given a "break" about which all actresses dream. She is principal "boy" in the £100,000 Pantomime Dick Whittington on Ice at the Empire Pool, Wembley. Pat will wear four costumes, valued at f2000, in the show. December 28, 1950. (Photo by Associated Press Feature Photo).

VERA-ELLEN in WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ.

Ballet Theater: Lucia Chase dancer and co-director of Ballet Theater was chiefly responsible for launching this American ballet company 10 years ago. The company, considered Outstanding in technical skill, vitality and breadth of Repertoire, follows a policy of encouraging American dancers, choreographer and composers. It also presents, the work of artists of other countries and includes both classical and modern styles in its Repertoire of more than 40 ballets. April 4, 1952. (Photo by United States Information Service)

ALLEN JENKINS in 42ND STREET (1933), directed by LLOYD BACON.

Getting ready for Christmas (OV2019_221)

Vintage Photograph. Diane Williams. Model Released. Woman in dress sitting and playing Grand Pedal Harp. Frame 13

ACQUANETTA in TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD WOMAN (1946), directed by KURT NEUMANN.

MARILYN MONROE in THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955), directed by BILLY WILDER.

PHYLLIS CALVERT in TIME OUT OF MIND (1947), directed by ROBERT SIODMAK.

LOUISE BROOKS in PANDORA'S BOX (1929) -Original title: DIE BUCHSE DER PANDORA-, directed by GEORG WILHELM PABST.

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DIANA LEWIS in GO WEST (1940), directed by EDWARD BUZZELL.

SHIRLEY MACLAINE in SWEET CHARITY (1969), directed by BOB FOSSE.

Eastern - Dancing. June 04, 1953. (Photo by Austin).

Merry-Go-Round - Baby - Misc. April 06, 1955.

"Oklahoma" Dress Rehearsal. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

CORNELL BORCHERS in NEVER SAY GOODBYE (1956), directed by JERRY HOPPER.

Marilyn Monroe , Let's Make It Legal , 1951 directed by Richard Sale 20th Century Fox

SOPHIA LOREN in HELLER IN PINK TIGHTS (1960), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.

ELKE SOMMER in THE WICKED DREAMS OF PAULA SCHULTZ (1968), directed by GEORGE MARSHALL.

SHIRLEY MACLAINE in SWEET CHARITY (1969), directed by BOB FOSSE.

GENE KELLY in THOUSANDS CHEER (1943), directed by GEORGE SIDNEY.

Sharon Garrett, Robert Cummings, Yvette Vickers, on-set the Film, "Beach Party", American International Pictures, 1963

"Skin of our Teeth" Dress Rehearsal. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Women in matching outfits playing drums (EV003362_H)

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