Historical Dancer Portraits

Vintage photographs of performers in elaborate costumes striking dramatic poses, showcasing the artistry of dance and theatrical presentation.

Portrait at the foot of Morando, Dancer at the Opera, holding a tambourine. Portrait at the foot of Morando, Dancer at the Opera, holding a tambourine. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890. Photograph of Andr� Adolphe DISDIER Eugene (Active of 1819-1889).

High kick of dancer, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes ca. 1891 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-8), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the eighth subset, N145-8. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.. High kick of dancer, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes 650622

D'Arville as Prince Kam in 'Venus'

'The Black Crook Co.'

Actress balancing on ball and holding wand, from the Actresses series (N668) ca. 1888 Trade cards from the "Actresses" series (N668), issued ca. 1888. The publisher is unknown.. Actress balancing on ball and holding wand, from the Actresses series (N668). ca. 1888. Albumen photograph

Unidentified woman , Entertainers, Alexandre Benois Collection

Actresses dancing with tambourines, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes ca. 1891 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-8), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the eighth subset, N145-8. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.. Actresses dancing with tambourines, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-8) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes 650540

Ruth St. Denis as Radha

USA, New York State, New York City, Pauline Hall, Poster, Burlesque

Portrait at the foot of Morando, Dancer at the Opera, holding a tambourine. Portrait at the foot of Morando, Dancer at the Opera, holding a tambourine. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890. Photograph of Andr� Adolphe DISDIER Eugene (Active of 1819-1889).

Scene from "Olly Polly", operetta by Walter Kollo, by the Vroolijk Toneel. Louis de Bree (as Willy) and Mrs. A. Bakker (as Mary). Premiered January 2, 1926

Geneviève Mathieu-Lutz, as Papagena in The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anonymous

The Black Crook. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873. Black crook, Musicals

Michel Fokine as Amoun in the ballet Antoine et Cléoptre by Florent Schmitt, Anonymous

The Black Crook. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873. Black crook, Musicals

Card Number 382, Christol Heeth, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-3) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm). Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.). Date: 1880s.Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-3), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the third subset, N145-3. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Otto Van Bosch. Julie Depoix in the role of Esmeralda in Notre-Dame de Paris, Théâtre des Nations, Paris. Card-album. 1885. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 79198-21 Card-album, French co-eddienne, traditional costume, Notre-Dame de Paris, Tambourin, Theater, Theater of Nations, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th century, Piece

Charley in the role of Jehan Frollo, in "Notre-Dame de Paris" by Paul Foucher, according to the novel by Victor Hugo, at the Théâtre des Nations (today theater of the city). Paris (ivème arr.), June 7, 1879. Tax on albumin paper. Photography by Etienne Carjat (1828-1906). Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 76324-12 French actor, theatral attitude, French comedian, scene costume, foot portrait, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th century

Woman dancing in two scenes, performing acrobatics in third | Library of Congress

Maria Ivogün as Konstanze in "The Abduction from the Seraglio" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anonymous

The masquerade. Corbould, Edward Henry, 1815-1905. Prints. 1838. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Masquerades , 19th century

Anton Franck and Karl King in "Dear Augustin

The Cakewalk dance - as performed by the French circus dance troupe 'The Negroes'. Date: circa 1906

Harvest (cinema 1913). 1913. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Portrait of clown Violette Pearl in circus

Card Number 62, The Modern Puck, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-4) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm). Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.). Date: 1880s.Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-4), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the fourth subset, N145-4. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Miss Leona Dare title page of Die Bomb, Ignaz Eigenner -, artist

Scherzo di Follia 1863-66, printed 1940s Pierre-Louis Pierson French. Scherzo di Follia 269214

Portrait of Garbathi (dancer at the theater of Gait�) Portrait of Garbagnati, dancer at the theater of gaita. Photograph of the Nadar workshop. Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1860-1890.

Unidentified woman , Entertainers, Alexandre Benois Collection

Marie Taglioni as Sylphide,

Grete Wiesenthal at the dance

Le Karky Klara It Bardi Gabi

E. H. Sothern, in 'The Maister of Woodbarrow'

Margaret Mather as Joan of Arc

A dancer from the Astronomers Revue at the Folies Bergere, Paris. The dancer is Mademoiselle Geczy, a name that hints of an Eastern European origin. Date: 1905

Scene from the Ballet The Masquerade by L. Laputin, Anonymous

Marina Semyonova as Princess Aurora in ballet The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Anonymous

Portrait of a player in the play Lucifer van Vondel, who was performed in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Utrecht Student Student (U.S.T.) in the Stadsschouwburg (Vredenburg) in Utrecht.

Miss Stuart, in the Tchaikovsky Bakst Ballet - Sleeping Beauty - The Big Show at the New York Hippodrome, circa 1913

Lady Alphonsine, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-7) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm). Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.). Date: 1880s.Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-7), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the seventh subset, N145-7. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Pastrana, Julia.

Bronislava Nijinska, Kobelev and Ludmila Shollar in the Ballet Petrushka by I. Stravinsky, Anonymous

The Black Crook. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873. Black crook, Musicals

Vera Fokina and Alexey Bulgakov in the Ballet Le Carnaval by Robert Schumann by Anonymous /The State Central A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow/1910/Photograph/Russia/Opera, Ballet, Theatre

Felia Dubrovska in the Ballet The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu) by I. Stravinsky, Anonymous

Lillis Sisters, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-3) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm). Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.). Date: 1880s.Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-3), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the third subset, N145-3. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Dolly Sisters 1920s Walery Polish. The Dolly Sisters 265294

Portrait of a girl with clarinet playing in a theater decor.

The Black Crook. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873. Black crook, Musicals

UK, London, Studio shot of Esie Thiede in ""Blossom Time"" at Ambassador Theatre

Scene from unidentified play

Romeo.

Oscar Aigner and Käte Hansen in "The Funny Widow

Oscar Aigner as a painter Brissard, Julius Sachs as Prince and Flora Hegner as Juliette

La Bayadère, Taglioni

The actresses Sarah Bernhardt and Jeanne Julia Bartet in a scene of La Nuit de Mai, Comedie Francaise, Paris, France, photo from L'Illustration, No 3454, May 8, 1909.

Leo Dietrichstein, as Zou Zou, Trilby

Paul Chute solo dance with La Loie Fuller

Robert Hellwig and Wini Grabitz in "Polish economy

J.H. Gilmour and Tommy Russell in the stage production Little Lord Fauntleroy.. 1888. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924. Little Lord Fauntleroy

Minto Cato and Parker Watkins. 1936. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. African Americans , Performing arts, African Americans , Theater, African American theater, African Americans in the performing arts, Plays, Theatrical productions, Operas, New York (N.Y.)

Marion Manola in 'Bellman'

Incastor at the Makart Festival , Karl Wolschek, Photographer

The Black Crook. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873. Black crook, Musicals

Mlle Vera Gartang in the ballet "Music Box". Karl Karlovitz Bulla (Russian, 1854 - 1929)

Felia Dubrovska in the Ballet Les Sylphides, Anonymous

Card Number 327, Empire Group, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-5) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 3/8 in. (6.8 × 3.5 cm). Publisher: Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.). Date: 1880s.Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-5), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the fifth subset, N145-5. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Madrid, 08/30/1907. Opening of the season at the Eslava theater. The first premiere of the year. "The Conquest of the Husband", dance from "La Zumbona", by the Ladies. Andrés and Sánchez Jiménez.

'The Idler' (Lyceum Theatre Co.)

Elsevier photo collection. Scene operetta "The Favorite", raised Rembrandt Theater. left Louis de Bree, Ms. Verwijsver Jan Grootveld. 1917

Elsevier photo collection. Operette "The Song Desert". 100th Grand Theater Amsterdam. 1930. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Where the Forest Ends (cinema 1915). 1915. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

Harrigan and Hart as "The Little Frauds.". 1872 - 1885. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Harrigan & Hart, Harrigan, Edward, 1844-1911, Hart, Tony, 1855-1891

Loie Fuller - "Serpentine" dance. 1892. Photographs. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Fuller, Loie, 1862-1928, Audran, Edmond, 1842-1901. Oncle Célestin

Libanon, from the Dancing Girls of the World series (N185) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co. 1889 Issued by William S. Kimball & Company Trade cards from the "Dancing Girls of the World" series (N185), issued in an unnumbered set of 50 cards in 1889 by W.S. Kimball & Co.. Libanon, from the Dancing Girls of the World series (N185) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by William S. Kimball & Company

Photo collection Government information service. Marie Le Rochois (Theater Francais de la Haye) in the role of Armide (ca. 1700). undated

The Black Crook. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873. Black crook, Musicals

The Saint and the Singer (Cinema 1914). 1914. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division

James Lewis & Mrs. Gilbert in 'Big Bonanza' 1875

Iolaus

Scene from the stage production The Big Little Princess. 1903. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Smith, Edgar, 1857-1938. Big little princess, Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924. Little princess , Stage adaptations

Belly dance performer Fritzi Schaffer as Salome

Notre-Dame de Paris "by Paul Foucher, according to the novel by Victor Hugo, at the Théâtre des Nations (today Théâtre de la Ville). Marie Laurent and Alice Lody in the roles of the Sachette and Esmeralda. (IVth arr.), June 7, 1879. Tax on albumin paper. Photography by Etienne Carjat (1828-1906). Paris, Maison de Victor Hugo. 76325-9 French actor, theatral attitude, French comedian, scene costume, foot portrait, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th century

Highland Fling, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the series "National Dances" (N225), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Brothers Cigarettes for Kinney Tobacco Company. There were two card variations issued within the series. Type 1 cards display a white border around the edges whereas Type 2 have no border.. Highland Fling, from National Dances (N225, Type 1) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Paris Theatre: Les Soeurs Badia. Alphonse J. Liebert (French, 1827 - 1913)

Postcard, historical, opera scene, Tosca

Edna Morn in ""Flo-flo"", Cort Theater

Adoree Villany in the Dance of Apis

Berlin (Germany), January 1912. Russian dance season at the Berlin Opera. Serafina Astafieva and lead dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, in a scene from "Cleopatra".

Anastasia Abramova as White Cat in ballet The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Anonymous

Marionette Goes Burlesque -- The burlesque act if Stripsy Roselie, that most unusual and strikingly lifelike marionette, designed by famous pupeteers Walton and O'Rourke, is the sensation of Los Angeles night clubs. Stripsy entering the stage for her strip tease. Her music is "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," which she sings as she does her dance routine and strip tease. Notice her cigarette; she exhales talcum powder for smoke. May 20, 1939. (Photo by Boros-Pix).

Highland Fling, from National Dances (N225, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the series "National Dances" (N225), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Brothers Cigarettes for Kinney Tobacco Company. There were two card variations issued within the series. Type 1 cards display a white border around the edges whereas Type 2 have no border.. Highland Fling, from National Dances (N225, Type 2) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Jas T. Powers in 'The Straight Tip' 1891

The spanish flamenco dancer Manuela Vargas during a performance.

Alphonse Mucha in Costume with Daughter Jaroslava as a Model for the Poster, "De Forest Phonofilm" the first "talkie" shown in the Bio Adria cinema (Prague), Zbiroh, Bohemia. Alphonse Maria Mucha, photographer (Czech, 1860 - 1939) negative 1927, print about 1980 (Verso, sheet) inscribed in pencil, at lower right corner: "95"

Le Karky Klara It Bardi Gabi

The Black Crook. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Barras, Charles M., 1826-1873. Black crook, Musicals

Le Karky Klara It Bardi Gabi

Vaslav Nijinsky in the Ballet Jeux by Claude Debussy, Anonymous

Michel Fokine in the Ballet Le Carnaval by Robert Schumann, Anonymous

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