rg Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 this ad for a tour by Bolm's BALLET INTIME - which reads when glanced at quickly as if advertising "Ballet In Time" concerns 1920. evidently LE CARNAVAL was in the repertory. some of the ad copy is amusing, to say the least... Link to comment
bart Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 This is marvelous! some of the ad copy is amusing, to say the least..." ... no hint of suggestiveness. ... no hint of tawdriness." The good burghers of the South and Middle West must have been relieved. Or disappointed? I zoomed in but could make no sense of the man's face. I don't know Carnaval. Is the ballerina stuffing an apple or tennis ball into his mouth? Link to comment
carbro Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I zoomed in but could make no sense of the man's face.He has no face, only a throat.Is the ballerina stuffing an apple or tennis ball into his mouth?Looks to me like he's about to nibble on the ruffle around her neckline. So much for "no tawdriness," or maybe that's just in my beholding eye. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 What he seems to be doing is profil perdu the hard way, with the head angled upstage and slightly back. You lose the eyes because of the painted-on domino mask. Link to comment
rg Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 it's just a badly silhouetted photo of Harlequin resting and nestling against a seated Columbine. the darkness in around his head is likely the shadow of the ruffle and arm of Columbine. rem. this is a 1920 pulp paper printing. Link to comment
Mme. Hermine Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 At least some of the images in the ad appear to have been lifted from this photo of Bolm and Ruth Page with a dancer named Caird Leslie. http://digital.nypl.org/lpa/max_milleimage...ge&qtype=MC Link to comment
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