Fantasy and glamour

Jules-René Hervé - Ballerines dans le grand escalier

<n>Behind the Curtain at the Ballet</n>, c. 1890, by French artist <n>Henri Gervex</n>.

Actor <n>Norma Bengell</n> in the 1959 film <n>O Homem do Sputnik</n>.

<n>Danseuses à l'Opéra</n> by French <n>Post-Impressionist</n> painter <n>Jules René Hervé</n>.

<n>Pamela Anderson</n> in an archival <n>Bob Mackie</n> costume for '<n>The Last Showgirl</n>'. Photo by <n>Gia Coppola</n>.

Dancers <n>Rosie</n> and <n>Jenny Dolly</n>, the <n>Dolly Sisters</n>, photographed by <n>James Abbe</n> in Paris, 1925.

The <n>Sugar Plum Fairies</n> in <n>Walt Disney</n>'s animated film <n>Fantasia</n> (1940).

<n>The Conquest of the Moon Pool</n>, an ink illustration by American pulp artist <n>Virgil Finlay</n>.

Photo by <n>James Wedge</n> for <n>The Sunday Times Magazine</n>, 1978. Tights by <n>Janice Bell</n>, shoes by <n>Sacha</n>.

<n>Twiggy</n> in the 1971 film <n>The Boy Friend</n>, directed by <n>Ken Russell</n>.