I’m kicking off a new collection of duets in greyscale. For most of these images, I haven’t seen the dance they represent, I’ve just fallen in love with the photo—its composition, its tone, its hint of a relationship. Some of these will look familiar to you, others are more obscure. If you want to know more about a particular photo—or have something to add—please leave a comment below.
Katherine Dunham and Roger Ohardieno
in Dunham’s Barrelhouse, 1938
Viola Farber and Merce Cunningham in his Crises, 1963, Ph John Wulp
Baryshnikov and Makarova rehearsing Other Dances by Jerome Robbins, 1976, Ph Martha Swope, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Bill Robinson and Jeni LeGon, publicity shot for Hooray for Love, 1935
Marcia Lerner and Art Bauman in Burlesque Black and White by Bauman, c.1968, Dance Theater Workshop
Louis Falco & Sarah Stackhouse in Exiles by Limón, ph Jack Mitchell, Dance Magazine cover, Aug. 1966
Tanaquil LeClercq, and Balanchine, Metamorphoses by Balanchine, 1952, Kino Lorber
Lisa Nelson and Steve Paxton in their collaboration, PA RT, 1978, Ph Tom Brazil
Arthur Mitchell and Diana Adams, Agon by Balanchine, 1957, Ph Martha Swope, Billy Rose Theatre Collection
Robert Morris and Yvonne Rainer in Rainer’s A Part of a Sextet, 1964 , Ph Peter Moore
Martha Graham & Merce Cnningham in Graham’s Deaths & Entrances, 1943, Ph Barbara Morgan
Ande Peck & Wendy Perron in Jack Moore’s Rocks, c. 1971, Ph Eric Reiner
Alvin Ailey & Judith Jamison, 1975, Ph Jack Mitchell
Rose Marie Wright and Sara Rudner in Raggedy Dances by Twyla Tharp, 1971, Ph William Pierce
Rudy Perez and Elaine Summers in his Take Your Alligator With You, 1963, Judson Memorial Church, Ph Al Giese
Betty Jones & José Limón in The Apostate by Limón, 1959, Ph Matt Wysocki
Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder, c. 1958, Ph Peter Basch.
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Lovely collection, Wendy.