Twirling and Bending, Wonderful c. 1940s Snapshot of Two USO Dancers with View of Trees Behind school award each with its own personality:

each with its own personality: one seeming almost on the verge of cracking a smile

gold filled

directed plays for the Old Vic in London

13 1/2" x 10 3/8" in good condition

this is a very special thing

Twirling and Bending, Wonderful c. 1940s Snapshot of Two USO Dancers with View of Trees Behind school award each with its own personality:I love this photo. The seller I purchased it from described it as dancers at a USO event, WW2 era, and surely this dancer with skirt aloft must have pleased the troops! But while that fresh faced young woman and the twirl of her raised skirt are gorgeous, what really makes this photo for me the is the presence of the second dancer, back turned and body bent in a movement that feels much more Martha Graham than Marilyn Monroe. And that very modernist