Tag Archives: Theater

1848: The Devil’s Violin

Posted on July 4, 2021 by corvusfugit

Costume design by Paul Lormier for the 1849 ballet Le violon du diable (source).

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1979: Westside Dreams

Posted on August 2, 2020 by corvusfugit

Daniel Salazar: Westside Dreams (1979) This photo shows the National Chicano Dance Theater posing in front of the Denver skyline in 1979, I think probably as part of a promotional shoot for Daniel Valdez’s play Zoot Suit, which debuted that … Continue reading →

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1899: The Fall and Rise of Humpty Dumpty

Posted on February 23, 2019 by corvusfugit

A. S. Seer, printer: Strange Adventures in The Fall and Rise of Humpty Dumpty (c. 1899) (source)

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1935: Fixing her Hair

Posted on November 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Serge Sudeikin: Fixing her Hair (Ruby Elzy in “Porgy and Bess,” 1935) (1935) (listen)

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1st Century AD: You Aren’t Even Sure What This Is at First

Posted on May 25, 2017 by corvusfugit

Statue of a Young Satyr Wearing a Theater Mask of Silenos. Roman, about 1st century A.D. Restorations by Alessandro Algardi, 1628. (source) Silenos (or Silenus) was, in Greek mythology, the tutor and companion of Dionysus, the god of wine and … Continue reading →

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