Just a handful of the over 3,000 images of dance in the digital collection of the New York Public Library.
Top row: Ruth St. Denis in Siamese Ballet, 1918 Rows 2 & 3: Ted Shawn in Death of Adonis, 1923 Row 4: Merce Cunningham at Black Mountain College, 1948 Row 5: Male students of Ted Shawn, 1919 Row 6: Ted Shawn in Krishna and Radha, 1917 Row 7: Marmein Dancers, 1924? Row 8: Jitterbug, 1939-40 Row 9: Split, 1939-40 Rows 10 & 11: La Sylphe Bottom row: Ted Shawn in Sunrise, 1914