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American Girls in Red Russia: Chasing the Soviet Dream

Old photo of American dancer and choreographer Pauline Koner with her students from the Lesgaft Physical Culture Institute demonstrating their version of the “new Soviet Dance.” Koner taught and performed in the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1936.

American Girls in Red Russia: Chasing the Soviet Dream

May 2, 2017 by David Ochsner

If you search “women in the 1920s” in Google Images, what you get are a few photos of women working or protesting, but many more photos of sexually liberated flappers — at the beach, on the town, or dancing the night away at some speakeasy. The 1920s look like one big party. But the decade […]

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