circa 1926: German dancer Valeska Gert posing comically on top of a hamper. She shocked the audience at the Champs Elysees by following the dancing tradition of Isadora Duncan. (Photo by James Abbe/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
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circa 1926: German dancer Valeska Gert who shocked the audience at the Champs Elysees by following the dancing tradition of Isadora Duncan. (Photo by James Abbe/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
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Hulton Archive James Abbe