This is a selection of photographs from the Photographic History Collection related to dance, dancers, and dancing.

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Keywords (subject): dance, dancer, dancing, entertainment, folk dance, ballet, carnival, psychedelic, acid trip, burlesque, Dresden Dancing Dolls, strip tease, exotic dancer, Playboy Bunny, belly dance, ribbon dance, class, barre, ballroom, dance floor, Native American ceremonial dance, costume, tutu, slippers, human form, musculature, posture, pose, position, partner, gown, tights, dress, make-up, performance, stage, Kennedy Center Award, theatre, stage show, film set, Can-Can, Golden Gate Park, hippies, summer of love

Keywords (people): Arthur Mitchell, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Martha Graham, Eleanor Powell, Gloria Govrin, Ben Marcus, Little Joe Gomez, Lisa Law, Allen Ginsberg, Elliot Erwitt, Tamara Toumanova, Lisa Law, Liza Minnelli, Ann Ford, Courtney Kennedy, Peter Basch, Blanche Oterson, M. Fokine, Ginger Rogers, Jane Powell, Roy Zalensky, Eadweard Muybridge, Diana Walker, Gene Kelly, Nikita Kruschev, Carl Mydans, Laura and Paul Foster, Quill, The Doll Family, Evelyn Nesbit, Rudolph Nureyev, Will Connell, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Lisa Benitz, Lorraine Shelley, Alexandra Danilova, Jacques d'Ambroise, Michael Jackson

Keywords (photography): gelatin silver print, press print, fine art photography, documentary photography, platinum print, color carbro, cyanotype, cigarette card album, zoopraxiscope, snapshot, color photography, glass plate negative, portraiture, action shot, dance photography