The Glove Seller - Gaite Parisienne

Alexandra Danilova in her signature role as the glove seller in Gaite Parisienne.  From an EBay auction by Historic Images:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1939-Press-Photo-Alexandra-Danlova-Leonide-Massine-Gaite-Parisienne-/390660702470?

Cleveland Ballet - Gaite Parisienne

From:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-Press-Photo-Can-Can-girls-in-the-production-of-Cleveland-Ballet-cvb14978-/371640798433?hash=item5687848ce1:g:lXcAAOSwa81XSTSf

For more of the same troupe, see these great photos:

http://www.shomler.com/dance/gaite/gaite96.htm

http://www.shomler.com/dance/gaite/gaite01.htm

Gaite Parisienne

The Ballet Russe performs

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ballet-Russe-de-Monte-Carlo-Press-Photo-Gaite-Parisienne-Can-Can-Girls-Vintage/293525175961?hash=item445776be99:g:WiYAAOSw4HFefGTq

Prior posts:

https://classiccancan.blogspot.com/search?q=gaite+parisienne

https://classiccancan.blogspot.com/search?q=ballet+russe

A related photo:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22748577@N05/2226629399/

Ballet Russe: Waltz from Gaîté Parisienne (Maria Tallchief & Frederic Franklin)

Billed as a waltz, this performance includes enough cancanesque elements to make it a nice watch, inluding the coda at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgwJklGY064

More Gaite Parisienne:

https://classiccancan.blogspot.com/search?q=gaite

Rosella Hightower - Gaite Parisienne

Rosella Hightower as the glove seller in a performance of Gaite Parisienne staged in 1958 by the International Ballet of the Maquis de Ceuvas in Paris France.

The first photo is from an EBay auction by photoworld5:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pretty-Leggy-Ballet-Dancer-Rosella-Hightower-in-Ruffles-Vintage-8x10-Photo-/221497807126?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item33924c5116

The second is from the site of Nicholas Polajenko, another ballet dancer shown in the second photo above:

http://www.polajenko.com/2007_01_01_archive.html

About Rosella Hightower:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosella_Hightower

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/arts/dance/05hightower.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Gaite Parisienne

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gaite-Parisienne/361686082758?epid=54513228&hash=item54362ba4c6:m:mwgVcYy7LK82mrim1CteYJw

Gaite Parisienne

From a record album cover

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gaite-Parisienne-Sylphides-Ormandy-Vinyl-LP-sample-Philips-NBL-5019/133288887971?hash=item1f08a306a3:g:kl4AAOSwvUJbHAUB

Gaite Parisienne

From a record album cover.  It looks like these are the actual dancers from the Ballet Russe production.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Gaite-Parisienne-Sylphides-Ormandy-Vinyl-LP-sample-Philips-NBL-5019/133288887971?hash=item1f08a306a3:g:kl4AAOSwvUJbHAUB

Ballet Russe 1953-54

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Ballet-Russe-de-Monte-Carlo-dancers-photo-USA-tour-booking-print-ad/362739675920?hash=item5474f83310:g:tTQAAOSwTxJcPUh7

More Gaite parisienne:

https://classiccancan.blogspot.com/search?q=gaite+parisienne

Gaite Parisienne

A couple of photos from Gaite Parisienne.  These were scanned by someone from David Price's book, "Cancan!" and  posted on the Web, where I found them.  They are from theVictoria and Albert Museum’s theatre archive.

Information about David's book, which is an essential source for anyone interested in the cancan (as well as a great read), can be found at:

http://clubccd.blogspot.com/2011/06/cancan-2d-ed.html

Gaite Parisienne - Ballet Russe

https://dcd.ca/specialexhibits/balletsrusses.html

Prior posts:

https://classiccancan.blogspot.com/search?q=ballet+russe

https://classiccancan.blogspot.com/search?q=gaite

Milada Mladova - Gaite Parisienne

Milada Mladova as the glove seller in The Gay Parisian (the 1940s film version of Gaite Parisienne) spins for the camera.

This photo can be purchased from JP - The Mint on EBay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AGJ-710-Vintage-Photo-Scene-The-Gay-Parisian-1941-/350882900351?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item51b240297f

JP - The Mint's EBay store is:

http://stores.ebay.com/Jay-Parrinos-The-Mint-LLC?_trksid=p2047675.l2563

Gaite Parisienne

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Offenbach-Gaite-Parisienne-ballet-Ormandy-Philips-S-06-606-R-10-lp-EX/162212086629?hash=item25c4980365:g:Vj0AAOSwAuZX4sZf

Gaite Parisienne

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Ballet-Russe-de-Monte-Carlo-dancers-photo-USA-tour-booking-print-ad/363299788648?hash=item54965ad768:g:tTQAAOSwTxJcPUh7

Prior posts:

https://classiccancan.blogspot.com/search?q=gaite+parisienne

Alexandra Danilova

Alexandra Danilova of Gaite Parisienne renown, dances on television with, of all people, Tony Randall.  This dates from 1958 and is a number from "Oh, Captain".  It starts slowly, but she eventually breaks into a cancan.

See the original at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHF8Oa7SO4s

Gaite Parisienne

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403639480202?hash=item5dfac9af8a:g:csMAAOSw6JNicqqg

Gaîté Parisienne - Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

From a EBay auction:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Beautiful-8x10-Dancers-Can-Can-Gaite-Parisienne-Monte-Carlo-Photographs-/301225318159?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item46226d970f

Alexandra Danilova - Gaite Parisienne

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-Press-Photo-Ballerina-Alexandra-Danilova-hca86575/372735216888?hash=item56c8c00cf8:g:XMMAAOSwccFdTfSF

Gaite Parisienne

Teatro Gran Mariscal - Sucre Bolivia

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUW4HUllycr/

Gaite parisienne

 

https://www.ebay.it/itm/324855475343?hash=item4ba2e52c8f:g:Sr0AAOSwoU5he-U6