Florence Mills (center) with the chorus of the revue ‘Blackbirds’ taking part in their first rehearsal on the roof of the London Pavilion theatre, September 1926
dancers
this is the kind of beach storming we need more of – Tiller Girls, 1930
Choreographer Russell Markert, founder of The Rockettes, teaches the dancers a move in an early dance rehearsal
Revue girls The Tiller Girls at a dance competition in the Berliner Sportpalast, 1928 photo by Laszlo Willlinger
dance, like someone is watching
The Tiller Girls during rehearsals for the pantomime Red Riding Hood at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, December 5, 1938
thirty-six dancing girls gathered by Paramount Studios for the 1929 Paramount film The Dance of Life, adapted from the stage play Burlesque
getting into the swing of things with Ted Doner
a Charleston dance contest at the Parody Club, New York, 1926
shaking feathers all around in 1933′s 42nd Street third from left – personal favorite – Mildred Dixon