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Showing posts with label entertainers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label entertainers. Show all posts

Thursday, October 4, 2012

The Firebird

Michel Fokine and Tamara Karsavina in The Firebird, ca. 1910 

Source: avanishedtime

Nicholas Brothers


The Nicholas Brothers were a famous African American team of dancing brothers, Fayard (1914–2006) and Harold (1921–2000). With their highly acrobatic technique ("flash dancing"), high level of artistry and daring innovations, they were considered by many the greatest tap dancers of their day. Growing up surrounded by Vaudeville acts as children, they became stars of the jazz circuit during the heyday of the Harlem Renaissance and went on to have successful careers performing on stage, film, and television well into the 1990s.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Vintage Postcards


Vintage Postcard ~ Ballerinas 

Roszika and Janszieka Deutsch

The Dolly Sisters wearing Roaring 20's Fashion. When 18-year-old identical twins the Dolly Sisters danced onto the Broadway stage in 1911, they caused a sensation. Theatres swelled to bursting as people swarmed to see the girls who were a perfect mirror image of each other..  
Source: ornamentedbeing