Saturday, December 12, 2009

Bodies in Motion











Just a handful of the over 3,000 images of dance in the digital collection of the New York Public Library.

Top row: Ruth St. Denis in Siamese Ballet, 1918
Rows 2 & 3: Ted Shawn in Death of Adonis, 1923
Row 4: Merce Cunningham at Black Mountain College, 1948
Row 5: Male students of Ted Shawn, 1919
Row 6: Ted Shawn in Krishna and Radha, 1917
Row 7: Marmein Dancers, 1924?
Row 8: Jitterbug, 1939-40
Row 9: Split, 1939-40
Rows 10 & 11: La Sylphe
Bottom row: Ted Shawn in Sunrise, 1914

No comments:

Post a Comment

Related Posts with Thumbnails