Performance Collection

Leonard Bernstein
American composer Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990), writer of symphonic music as well as Broadway shows. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Illustration, jazz band, six men wearing bow ties and waistcoats playing trumpet, trombone, drums, clarinet, banjo and double bass, front view

Billie Holiday
1954: American jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915 - 1959), also known as Lady Day, during a performance. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7380 - Billie Holiday - unpub

Snake charmer playing flute-like instrument, snake emerging from basket in front

Aristide Bruant at Les Ambassadeurs

Pavlova In Giselle
Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova (1882 - 1931) performs in a production of Giselle. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Gymnast performing on square rubber floor mat, panel of judges on one side

La Font Magica or magic fountain, Barcelona
La Font Magica, or magic fountain, illuminated at dusk with the city of Barcelona in the background. Catalonia, Spain

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The Lawn At The University Of Virginia
Engraving shows the main lawn and quadrangle of the campus of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, circa 1830s

Illustration, string quartet, four sitting men in tuxedos playing two violins, a viola and cello, front view

Gymnast high-flying between uneven bars

Illustration of Elizabethan theatre

Gymnastics arena

Digital illustration of Australian Aboriginal men dancing, singing, and playing the didgeridoo

Aquaplaning
15th September 1925: One of the most difficult aquaplane stunts, water-surfing upside down, performed by Mr Brooks, at Lake Tahoe, California, where the sport is very popular

Red jets flying in formation spewing coloured smoke behind them

Illustration of acrobat hanging from a swing

Steam Power
30th November 1937: London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) streamlined locomotives during a performance test in London. From left, Dominion of New Zealand, Golden Shuttle, Empire of India

Flying Teletubby
July 1909: This aviator performs some last minute adjustments on the plane, while his lucky mascot looks on. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Antique photograph of horserace derby in Chicago

Magician with Flame
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People in restaurant listening musical performance
1962, Large Group Of People, Adults Only, Young Adult, Young Women, Mid Adult, Mid Adult Men, Mature Adult, Mature Women, Mature Men, Caucasian Appearance, Indoors, Horizontal, Colour, Photography

The Paris Royal Academy of Music
"Academie royale du Musique, Paris, France, 1849". One of the most emblematic institutions of the Baroque period

Cabaret Ensemble
circa 1930: Cabaret dancers rehearse in full costume. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Antique illustration of 18th century famous French dancer Mademoiselle Salle, performing on stage with a boy playing the flute next to her (original portrait by Lancret)

Harlequins Blowing Horns
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Antique illustration of 18th century acrobat on the tightope (Slacklining)
Antique illustration of a 18th century French acrobat performing during a show or training a tightrope-walking exercise (Slacklining)

Caught In The Act
A scene from the play Aren t We All? by Frederick Lonsdale on show at the Fortune Theatre. An amorous couple are caught embracing by a horrified lady standing in the doorway

Thomas Percy
Portrait of thomas Percy ( 1794)

The Lion Queen
This 1864 vintage illustration features a female lion tamer

Sideshow performers
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Crowd watching sideshow performers in front of circus posters, outdoors. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Group Of Fan Dancers
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Group Of Fan Dancers Standing At Top Of Stairs, In Front Of Entrance To Traveling Show, With A Curtain Reading " Girlesk Revue". (Photo by H)

November - St Cecilias Day
Vast crowds celebrating St Cecilias Day on 22nd November. St Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians, which accounts for the cacophony taking place during the celebrations - even a dog is joining in

Swashbuckling
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Clown With Elephant
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Scene from Hamlet, protagonist kneeling and holding up human skull, Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, side view

Illustration, man and woman dancing the cumbia, a Columbian folk dance, side view

Orchestra, instrumental ensemble arranged with percussion, string, brass, and woodwind sections, with conductor, elevated view

Illustration of King Herod on throne watching Salome dance, Gospel of Matthew

Illustration of an orchestra

Mexican Mariachi group doing a siesta, Mexico
Traditional mexican Mariachi group in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico (MR)

GMT Clock 1916, first year of daylight saving
1st October 1916: A Greenwich Mean Time notice informs the British public of a change in time as clocks go back an hour in the first year of the daylight saving scheme

Close up of six string acoustic guitar

Gigolette at the Theatre de l Ambigu

Palais de Glace - Iceskating

The Inspection
The third in the series Marriage A La Mode by William Hogarth, satirising the mercenary marriage practices of the British upper classes, circa 1743

The Marriage Settlement
The first in the series Marriage A La Mode by William Hogarth, satirising the mercenary marriage practices of the British upper classes, circa 1743

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