ballet

Jason et medée. Ballet tragique, British Cartoon Print

"Gaetan Vestris as Jason between two ladies of the ballet..." (Source: George) [N. Dance?, del. ; Bartolozzi, sc.]. This record contains unverified data from George. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires ... More

Photograph of Vaslav Nijinsky in Schéhérazade, 1910, Emil Otto Hoppe

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Photograph of Vera Fokina and Bronislava Nijinska in Narcisse, 1911, n...

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Photograph of Nijinsky in the title role of the ballet Petrouchka, 191...

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Mlle. Lopokowa, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Lydia Lopokova, a Russian ballerina. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Li... More

Nijinski and wife - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Russian ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950) and his wife Romola de Pulszky (1891-1978) in 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Anna Duncan dancing, lantern slide

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Isadora Duncan dancing, lantern slide

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Photograph of Tamara Karsavina and Serge Lifar in Romeo and Juliet, Lo...

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Ballet dancer. Ballet dancer at National Theater III

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Poplar Grove tide mill, Mathews County, Virginia

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[ Cave of the heart, No. 8] - Martha Graham Collection

Photographer unknown. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)

[ Every soul is a circus, No. 10]

Reproduced with permission of Katherine Duke. (Copyright Notice) The Library was unable to locate the rights holder for this photograph and has elected to make it available online as an exercise of fair use for... More

[Portrait of Lee Sherman, Radio City Music Hall, New York, N.Y., ca. J...

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 291 (gottlieb assignment) 291 (assign... More

Serge Diaghilev/Serge Lifar Collection, 1750-1950

[Janet Collins, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] / World Tel...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Katherine Dunham in costume, ca. 1955

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[Suzanne Farrell and George Balanchine dancing in a segment of "Don Qu...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

President Ronald Reagan congratulates Katherine Dunham on her 1983 Ken...

Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis (Copyright Notice) Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Innocenza scoperta (ballo). 1784 - Performance: Milano

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Two acts; dedication--p. 3-4; scene and ballet descriptions--p. 8. "Colla permissione"--title page. "La musica è nuova del Sig. Domenico Cimarosa maestro di cappella napolitano all'a... More

The Opera Polka as danced by Mlle. Caroltta Grisi & Mons. Perrot

Caption continues: Arranged by Signor Pugni. Printed on lower right: Price 38 cts. nett [sic]. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).

Genthe collection - Isadora Duncan dancing

Title devised. Credit line: Genthe photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the Genthe photograph collection is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/l... More

Sabrina. Libretto. English & Italian. Performance: London

by Paul Rolli, F.R.S. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Three acts; libretto in English and Italian on facing pages; price on title page: one shilling; "Preface"/"Prefazione"--p. 2-3. Mu... More

Robert Schumann - Euryanthe. Libretto. English & German

by Helmina von Chezy ; the music by Karl Maria von Weber ; now performing at The Prince's Theatre, under the direction of Herr Schumann, director of the opera at Mayence ; acting manager, Mr. Bunn. (statement o... More

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Les caprices de la goute, ballet arthritique

Satire showing men with limbs strapped in wooden cases performing exercise for gout in the establishment of Abraham Buzaglo.

Ballet scene, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

A968 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted 1870 by Ferd. Mayer & Sons, New York." Attributed to P. Kramer. Created by "Ferd. Mayer & Sons Mammoth Lith. Print, 96 & 98 Fulton St., New York." Lower left corner missi... More

Demons

[Dancing couples, no. 1] - Public domain drawing

Drawing shows several couples dance in formal attire. Most of the women wear hoop skirts, while the men wear tuxedos. A half-length woman at the lower right, watches those on the dance floor. Inscribed above... More

The Metropolitan Opera Company presents Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet ...

Chopin Concerto [1]

Costume design for Female Dancer in Chopin Concerto (Content) 1937 (date)

[Portrait of Arthur Mitchell] - Public domain portrait photograph

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Nouveau manuel complet de la danse ou, Traité théorique et pratique de...

Public domain scan of dance manual, 18th-century France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Ballerina in white costume with flowers in dance pose]

V35184 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyrighted 1890 by the Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich." No. 2. Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Adeline Genee, holding basket of flowers, in ballet pose

Dame Adeline Genée DBE (born Anina Kirstina Margarete Petra Jensen; 6 January 1878 – 23 April 1970) was a Danish-British ballet dancer. Adeline Genée performed with many of the world's leading ballet companies... More

Ballet - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Ballet: Anna Duncan dancing, lantern slide

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Genthe collection - Desha dancing

Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: photocopy of photograph from magazine with identifying caption

Genthe collection - Margaret Severn dancing

Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: LC-G401-3299-B-026 (vd# 7310)

Ballet: Margaret Severn dancing

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The Girl in the moon - Public domain portrait print

Scantily clad woman on crescent shape of moon; seated, facing left, with left arm raised. Copyright by Exhibit Supply Co. No copyright renewals. No. 5.

Marg't. Zolnay, 101223 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from related neg. LC-F8-26908. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Ph... More

Nat. Am. Ballet, 8/20/24 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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National Am. Ballet, [8/20/24] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Miss Margaret Zolnay, 6/18/25 - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a tutu. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Sports and Touring Ballet Revue [3]

Porter 7 in The Sports and Touring Ballet Revue (Content) 1925 (date)

Madam Lubouska, National American Ballet, 6/30/25

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Morton Gould Collection

[ Martha Graham in Every soul is a circus]

The Library was unable to locate the rights holder for this photograph and has elected to make it available online as an exercise of fair use for strictly non-commercial educational uses. If any individuals or ... More

[ Robert Cohan in Dark meadow] - Martha Graham Collection

Photographer unknown. (General) Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)

Martha Graham in Lamentation, No. 4

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Woodmere Academy, Woodmere, Long Island. Prisoners base

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Centro Gallego, was a Galician social club in 1914. The National Balle...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith; 2010; (DLC/PP-2... More

Erick Hawkins Collection

How Long Brethren? (55 Photographs)

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

Grammar of the art of dancing, theoretical and practical lessons in th...

Translated by Benjamin P. Coates. Supplemented by: "Musical score of the Grammar of the art of dancing, by Friedrich Albert Zorn, edited by Alfonso Josephs Sheafe ..." (1 p.l., 37 p. 21x28 cm.) published: Bosto... More

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Dance (41 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1935-1...

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

Darlene Blackburn Dance Troupe, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicag...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-36, Darlene Blackburn Dance Troupe at the Museum of Science and Industry

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Ballet scene, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

A968 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted 1870 by Ferd. Mayer & Sons, New York." Attributed to P. Kramer. Created by "Ferd. Mayer & Sons Mammoth Lith. Print, 96 & 98 Fulton St., New York." Lower left corner missi... More

Photograph of (L to R) Pavel Koribut-Kubitovich (cousin of Diaghilev),...

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[Portrait of Alicia Markova, "The Dying Swan"]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XV FF 9. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, ... More

Photograph of Marius Petipa, 1899, no photographer

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Isadora Duncan, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Photograph of Vaslav Nijinsky, 1900, no photographer

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Rose Rolanda, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Chas. H. Yale's everlasting Devil's auction 20th edition and best ever...

Created and "copyright 1901 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 5514. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Erotic Art: The dance: allegro - Public domain portrait print

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Mme. Galanta, Ballet Russe - Public domain photograph

A couple of women standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Genthe collection - Anna Pavlova dancing

Title devised. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. vd image reversed ID: LC-G432-1163-003 (vd# 16714); As I remember, facing p. 177

Ballet: Hilda Beyer dancing, lantern slide

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Madam Lubouska - Public domain portrait photograph

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With social activities practically ended at Wash., the debutantes and ...

An old photo of a woman in a dress and hat, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gif... More

Photograph of Vera Nemchinova as the Girl in Blue and cast, Les Biches...

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Photograph of Alexandra Danilova in Apollo, n.d. 1928?, no photographe...

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Katherine Dunham in the ballet L'Ag'Ya, which premiered in 1938

Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis (Copyright Notice) Public domain photograph - dance, dancer, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph ... More

[Portrait of Cozy Cole, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Sept. 1946]

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 079 (gottlieb assignment) 079 (assign... More

Photograph of Dance Theatre of Harlem in a reconstruction of Les Noces...

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Montgomery Ballet performs "A New Ballet by Paul Gilliam" at the Davis...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Giulio Cesare in Egitto. Libretto. Italian

del Bussani ; consacrato a ma damoiselle madamoiselle Gras Iggons figlia dell'illustrissimo, & eccellentissimo cavalier Tomaso Iggons inviato estraordinario del rè della Gran Bertagna [sic], appresso la Serenis... More

Chopin Concerto 2 - Library of Congress performing arts encyclopedia

Set design for Chopin Concerto (Content) 1937 (date)

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Swing It (58 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 193...

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Serge Diaghileff's Ballet Russe (Metropolitan Opera, 1916)

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Program Officiel des Ballets et Opéras Russes de Serge de Diaghilew (T...

Contains list of season's repertory and list of season's artists; set designs for Le Renard and Mavra; costume design for Le Renard, Aurora's Wedding, and Mavra; photographs of Bronislava Nijinska, Igor Stravin... More

S. Diaghilev Ballet 1925-26 [1]

The Library of Congress has a number of online resources related to the performing arts, including a Performing Arts Encyclopedia, which is a comprehensive guide to the library's collections in this area. The e... More

[Portrait of Alicia Markova, "The Dying Swan"]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XV FF 10. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

The Metropolitan Opera Company presents Serge de Diaghileff's Ballet ...

[Two ballerinas, blond woman in front with brunette woman behind]

V35183 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyrighted 1890 by the Calvert Litho. Co., Detroit, Mich." No. 1. Title devised. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Photograph of Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev in Cologne (2), 1924

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" Original'nyi Ruskii Balet / 1932-1952." [Original Russian Ballet (i....

page marked "Predislovie" [preface] is unnumbered and consists of a single page; subsequent pages are numbered 1-224. (General)

Oh qui goose-toe! [O che gusto!], British Cartoon Print

"A companion print to No. 5905. Vestris fils, as in No. 5905, on the same stage, is dancing in a similar pose, poised on his right toe, his back to the audience, looking over his left shoulder smiling ..." (Sou... More

Covent Garden Theatre, London, circa 1821

Reproduction of drawing.