Dance Photography (8 results)

Oversized Paperback. Condition: Good.

Hard Illustrated Cover. Condition: Fine. Photography By Matthew Ward. (illustrator). First Edition. 256 pages. An unmarked book, appears unread.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Large, square quarto in stiff paper wraps. B&W photographs; LP record (33 1/3 rpm) included. Condition: book and LP record are in fine condition. 48 pages.

Not Bound. Condition: Very Good. Photography. Five photographs in black and white; three of the images show groups of young women, practicing steps and positions for the traditional Maypole dance; one image with a folk dance, in costume; another of a double-line 'duck through the arms tunnel' of girls. These young women appear to be of high school age and are accompanied by their adult women instructors. No date, photographer, location or studio imprint; the visible 'skyscraper' architecture in the smog-ridden background and clothing styles give the impression of a downtown New York City locale circa 1915. Average approx. 7 1/4" x 8 1/2" size, one slightly longer, all oblong format; a little surface-crinkling; the 'folk dance' with old crease-line; bit of tips chipping; in very good condition.

Condition: Very Good. Photography. (33) color images & (20) black & white and photographs of this party-dance scene; folks drinking, dancing.generally having a good time, in an unidentified venue; these were acquired in NYC circa 2007. Approx. 4" x 6" format; the color images were printed on AGFA photo paper; B & w & color photos all dated 06. 12.01 on the reverse. Light wear; in very good condition.

Original 8 x 10 1/4 publicity still of Jewish American dancer Belle Didjah (a stage name) in Polliwog, ca. 1940. Contemporary pencil notes on the back (Belle Didjah, Spencer Arms Hotel, Concert at Little Theatre March 12). Signed in pen across Didjah's middle (almost certainlt by Belle). Excellent condition with the photographers name in the image. Belle Didjah, born around 1906, was a dancer of some note. According to one of her own biographies, she was "reared in an environment of the strictest Jewish orthodox principles." Although she eventually signed on as a dancer at the N.Y. Metropolitan Opera House, she soon felt the need to go out on her own as an American dancer in the school of Isadora Duncan. Despite that, Belle didn't really stray far from her Jewish roots. In a dance she choreographed, The Bar Mitzvah, she played a male role. She bore a large portion of Anti-Semitism and by 1940 had largely given up her dreams of becoming a great American dancer and performed much less frequently. Instead she focused her attention on choreography for Yiddish theatre productions and presenting concerts of the benefit of Jewish causes, such as the Jewish National Fund. By the time of her death, she was largely forgotten.

Original 8 x 10 1/4 silver gelating photograph with stamp of "World Wide Photos" on the verso. Along with a typed press release statement. Excellent condition.The statement reads "254618S. A Short Cut to the Eiffel Tower Top: Drusilla Taggart, talented and daredevil American dancer, is shown here on her way up the great structure in Paris. When she reached the summit she evoluted on the very edge of the top story, executing the fox trot on the narrow ledge of iron, from which she looked down the sheer nearly a thousand feet that separated the dizzy pinnacle from the ground. Miss Taggart swayed and smiled blithely as she watched the little party of spectators gasp with excitement. 8/12/25." Taggart, a tap dancer mainly famous due to this photograph, broadcasted the dance she did at the Eiffel Tower; making hers the first radio broadcast of a dance. Soon after she married a Lutheran minister and faded into history.

First edition. Oblong folio (11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches). Title and plate list plus 12 leaves bearing 142 of 144 original miniature photographs (cigarette cards) of contemporary dancers popular in Germany at the time. Each photograph identified in the plate. Publisher's gilt lettered brown wrappers. Some wear at corners but a very good copy.In 1933, Hitler was gaining popularity but the Weimar culture was still powerful. A partial list of the dancers shown herein; Ruth Anselm (partially nude; a member of the Jewish Kulturbund in Berlin; she survived Hitler's assault); Kate Richter; Usa Koch (an early Yoga practitioner); Max Terpis (choreographer at the Berlin State Opera for 6 years); Jonny Ahemm; Nini Theilade (Danish modern dancer who appeared in Max Reinhard's Hollywood film A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1935); Niddy Impekoven; Rudolph Kolling; Iva Langentels; Harald Kreutzberg (who partnered with American ballerina Ruth Page in the 30s); Lilo Ralph; Gret Palucca (who founded her own dance school that was shut down by the Nazis as she was Jewish; went on to become founding member of East German Academy of Arts) etc.