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Classic Dance Performances

A collection of vintage black-and-white images depicting couples dancing, showcasing various styles and moods from the 1930s to the 1950s.

San Francisco, California:  c. 1945. The Billy and Beverly Bemis dance team.
San Francisco, California: c. 1945. The Billy and Beverly Bemis dance team.
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SAMMY DAVIS JR in PORGY AND BESS (1959), directed by OTTO PREMINGER.
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GENE KELLY and JUDY GARLAND in THE PIRATE (1948), directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI.
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Sally Gray & Lupino Lane Lambeth Walk. May 10, 1939.
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Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo Collection National Information Service Private, Photo number 156-0899. 1956
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FRED ASTAIRE in SILK STOCKINGS (1957), directed by ROUBEN MAMOULIAN.
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MAURICE CHEVALIER and MARIO MORENO "CANTINFLAS" in PEPE (1960), directed by GEORGE SIDNEY.
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Jitterbug dance. A dance popularized in the United states and spread by American soldiers and sailors around the world during the Second world war. Pictured here Erik Danielsen and Miss Gunvor Johansson when dancing the Jitterbug dance 1944. Photo: Kristoffersson ref K101-4
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Lille. Quatrieme Festival Cuturel International Etudiant. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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GENE KELLY and TAMARA TOUMANOVA in INVITATION TO THE DANCE (1956), directed by GENE KELLY.
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Magician levitating a woman
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JUDY GARLAND in A STAR IS BORN (1954), directed by GEORGE CUKOR.
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Anefo photo collection. Rock and Roll party Kras Amsterdam. February 3, 1957. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Theater, couple, flirt, man and woman poke their cheeks, 1910s, Vienna, Germany, Europe
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Madrid, March 1992. Teresa Berganza during the rehearsals of "Carmen".
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SHIRLEY TEMPLE in THE LITTLE COLONEL (1935), directed by DAVID BUTLER.
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KEVIN SPACEY and KATE BOSWORTH in BEYOND THE SEA (2004), directed by KEVIN SPACEY. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.
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Show-off.Latin American Dancing. April 06, 1950.
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JAMES CAGNEY, CAROL MORRIS and KENNY WILLIAMS in MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES (1957), directed by JOSEPH PEVNEY.
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Photograph of Vicente Escudero (1892-1980) a Spanish flamenco dancer. Dated 20th Century
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Uncaptioned. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Elvis Presley and Dolores Hart, King Creole, 1958 directed by Michael Curtiz (Paramount Pictures)
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Anefo photo collection. Show from Marcel Amont for TROS TV. February 16, 1970
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Carl Morris & Eddie Sherman
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Film still from 'Here Come the Girls' starring Bob Hope, Rosemary Clooney, Arlene Dahl, and Tony Martin.
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Woman dancing, man playing saxophone, Jazz, historic photograph, around 1925
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Lady Docker Rips Her Dress - Dancing at London's glamorous Cafe de Paris on Monday evening with dancing master Victor Sylvester Lady Docker put her foot right the through the hem of her flame coloured dress. There was a rip, a tear and then a gaping rent appeared. Lady Docker hurried away and 20 minutes later reappeared in a black gown just as glamorous. She and Sylvester are shortly to appear together on television. May 3, 1955.
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A couple ballroom dancing in the 1920s.     Date: c.1923
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Ed Begley, Hermione Baddeley, on-set of the musical film, "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", MGM, 1964
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Anefo photo collection. Rock-'n roll Dance competition in Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam. February 3, 1957. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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JOANNE WOODWARD and PAUL NEWMAN in A NEW KIND OF LOVE (1963), directed by MELVILLE SHAVELSON.
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Film still from 'Red Garters' starring Rosemary Clooney, Guy Mitchell, Jack Carson, and Gene Barry.
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Anefo photo collection. Jazz ballet by Hans van Manen in Rotterdam. January 12, 1961. Rotterdam, South Holland
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CLIFF RICHARD in SUMMER HOLIDAY (1963), directed by PETER YATES.
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KING VIDOR in HALLELUJAH (1929), directed by KING VIDOR.
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DONALD O'CONNOR and VERA-ELLEN in CALL ME MADAM (1953), directed by WALTER LANG.
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GENE KELLY, DORIS DAY and ELISABETH FRASER in THE TUNNEL OF LOVE (1958), directed by GENE KELLY.
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Carried shoulder high, blonde French variety star Claudine Cereda loses none of her famous charm. Right now she shows what she can do in Paris by Night, the London edition of the Folies Bergere revue. May 25, 1955. (Photo by Daily Mirror).
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Mimi Hits High 'C' -- Mimi Benzell, Metropolitan soprano, hits high "C" today as she is tossed In the air by internationally known artists who selected her as "the most beautiful woman in opera today." Participating in the byplay, from left,are: Arthur William Brown, Wheeler Williams(partly hidden). Bradshaw Crandell (c) and Russell Patterson. February 06, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)
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TOM EWELL and MARILYN MONROE in THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955), directed by BILLY WILDER.
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AMARA CARMONA and PEDRO ALONSO in ALMA GITANA (1996), directed by CHUS GUTIERREZ.
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Anefo photo collection. Premiere of Eurydice by Dutch dance theater. Jaap Flier and Willy de la Bye. January 17, 1962
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10/31/1913. Premiere at the Infanta Isabel theater in Madrid. Mr. Puga and Miss Torres in a scene from the play "don Juan de Carillana", original by Mr. Grao, which premiered last night.
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A variation on arabesque (451)
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Film still from 'The Band Wagon' starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Nanette Fabray, and Jack Buchanan.
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AUDREY HEPBURN and FRED ASTAIRE in FUNNY FACE (1957), directed by STANLEY DONEN.
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Woman singing on an upright piano with a friend playing (EV005126_H)
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El trío musical 'Los 3 Sudamericanos' formado por Alma María Vaesken, Casto Darío Martínez y Johnny Torales. LOS TRES SUDAMERICANOS.
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ELVIS PRESLEY and ANN-MARGRET in VIVA LAS VEGAS! (1964) -Original title: VIVA LAS VEGAS-, directed by ROY ROWLAND.
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Lada St. Edmund (left), on-set of the film, "Savage", New World Pictures, 1973
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Anefo photo collection. Premiere of "Swan Lake" by National Ballet in Apeldoorn, Igor Belski (right) and dancer. March 9, 1965. Apeldoorn, Gelderland
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Zola King, eccentric dancer doing her nightly stunt in the cabaret scene. 1937 - 1937. 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, The Case of Philip Lawrence
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Man playing music for a woman, historical image, ca. 1916
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Eddie Murphy, on-set of the Film, "48 Hrs.", Paramount Pictures, 1982
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GREGORY PECK and AVA GARDNER in THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO (1952), directed by HENRY KING.
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Scene from the ballet 'Spartacus' by Aram Khachaturian by Anonymous  /Bolshoi Theatre Museum/1967/Photograph/Russia/Music, Dance,Opera, Ballet, Theatre
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LALI SOLDEVILA and JOSE LUIS LOPEZ VAZQUEZ in SLEEP, SLEEP, MY LOVE (1975) -Original title: DUERME, DUERME, MI AMOR-, directed by FRANCISCO REGUEIRO.
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Vintage Photograph. The Huapango dance being performed at the Charro Festival in Mexico City.
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"Has Anybody Seen My Gal" -- A Pictorial Synopsis.The year 1928, when everybody was getting rich, when the rolled stockinged flapper was queen of a Charleston - crazy world full of racoon - coated rah-rah boys and speak-easies, comes alive again in "Has Anybody Seen My Gal," in Technicolor. Starring Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn and Gigi Perreau, this is family comedy of a memorable vintage. Based on a story by Eleanor H. Porter, the screenplay is by Joseph Hoffman, direction by Douglas Sirk and production by Ted Richmond for Universal International. November 05, 1952.
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AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951), directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI.
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LESLIE CARON and FRED ASTAIRE in DADDY LONG LEGS (1955), directed by JEAN NEGULESCO.
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The Dance Of The Fingers -- His expressive fingers twitching, flicking snapping and writhing like snakes, Chathunni Panicker performs a Kathakali dance. Watching him are Leela Bhaskaraya and Mrinalini Sarabhai, two of the leading dancers in an Indian troupe who ***** in London last night. May 30, 1951. (Photo by Daily Mirror).
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Anefo photo collection. Ice party The Hague. December 19, 1945. The Hague, South Holland
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music group with banjos 1920s 20s 20th century,
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Anefo photo collection. Musical "no no nanette" in Carré, Joop Doderer and Rosy Parrish. February 19, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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