1940s

<n>Marilyn Monroe</n> on the set of <n>The Seven Year Itch</n>, 1955. Photo by <n>Bernard of Hollywood</n>.

<n>Olivia Newton-John</n> as Sandy with Danny in a still from the 1978 film <n>Grease</n>.

The Mambo dance scene from the 1961 film <n>West Side Story</n> featuring <n>Rita Moreno</n>.

A gold-laminated fabric dress by <n>Claire McCardell</n> from Fall 1950.

Dancers at the <n>Romeria el Rocio</n> festival in Seville, Spain, 1955. Photo by <n>Inge Morath</n>.

<n>Leonardo DiCaprio</n> and <n>Carey Mulligan</n> in <n>Baz Luhrmann</n>'s 2013 film adaptation of <n>The Great Gatsby</n>.

Models in <n>Marimekko</n> <n>Jokapoika shirts</n> featuring the <n>Piccolo print</n> by <n>Vuokko Eskolin-Nurmesniemi</n>, 1960.

Tango dancers in Helsinki, photographed by <n>Elliott Erwitt</n>, 2001.

<n>George Balanchine</n> and <n>Suzanne Farrell</n> rehearsing <n>Don Quixote</n> in 1965. Photo by <n>Martha Swope</n>.

Actress <n>Audrey Hepburn</n> and actor <n>Michael Allen</n> dancing in London, 1951. Photo by <n>Popperfoto</n>.

An <n>Art Deco</n> illustration by <n>J. C. Leyendecker</n> for an <n>Arrow Collar</n> advertisement, 1930.

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<n>Cyd Charisse</n> and <n>Fred Astaire</n> in a scene from the 1953 film <n>The Band Wagon</n>.

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<n>Marilyn Monroe</n> at a ballet lesson in Hollywood, 1949. Photo by <n>J. R. Eyerman</n>.

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<n>Elvis Presley</n> performs at Eagles Hall in Houston, 1955. Photo by <n>Getty Images</n>.

<n>Cyd Charisse</n> in <n>The Band Wagon</n> (1953). Costumes by <n>Mary Ann Nyberg</n>.

<n>Cyd Charisse</n> and <n>Fred Astaire</n> in <n>The Band Wagon</n> (1953), directed by <n>Vincente Minnelli</n>.

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<n>John Travolta</n> in the 1977 film <n>Saturday Night Fever</n>.

<n>Marilyn Monroe</n> photographed by <n>Richard Avedon</n> in 1959 for the film <n>Some Like It Hot</n>.

<n>Après le départ du train des maris</n>, an illustration by <n>Chéri Hérouard</n> for <n>La Vie Parisienne</n>, 1923.

Dancers perform the <n>Lindy Hop</n> in shorts and <n>saddle shoes</n>, circa 1940s.

A couple performs the <n>Lindy Hop</n> at the <n>Savoy Ballroom</n> in Harlem, 1947. Photo by <n>American Photographer</n>.

Nuit de Noël (Happy Club), 1963. Photo by <n>Malick Sidibé</n>.

A dance in the Romani community of Montjuïc, Barcelona, c. 1960-1965. Photo by <n>Jacques Léonard</n>.

<n>Dance</n>, an <n>Art Deco</n> illustration by <n>Paul Colin</n>.