A Foreign Perspective of Early Modern Dance in Estonia: How Ella Ilbak’s Photographic Image (1915-1948) Changed My Life

Karl Toepfer
Ella Ilbak (1895-1997) performing “The Flame,” photographed by Henry Goodwin (1878-1931), Stockholm, 1924. Photo source; Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

This is the keynote address I gave for the conference “Dancing Body: Modern Dance in the Whirlwind of Time” at the Estonian Theater and Music Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, 10 October 2024.

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