10 Ballet dancers, suntanned to the groin

The Somerton Man was said to have had signs of a previous season’s suntan on his legs and thighs but not his upper body, consistent with someone who wore a shirt to the beach.
The pics below are of a couple of (Ballets Russes) dancers frolicking on Bungan Beach* in the thirties … far too early for our man, but old habits die hard.
Lifted from here:
http://www.secondbreath.co.uk/br_home.html
*Bungan Beach is on Sydney’s northern peninsula. What these balleteers didn’t know was that a nice little right-hander broke down the side of the southern headland. Rockpools.
Below is Oscar, an old friend lucky on the day. Pic by his brother Bruce Usher.
6 Comments
Post a comment
The story of Somerton Man is becoming even more romantic.
The State Library seems to have removed its pictures of the Ballet Russe at North Shore Hospital…
nsw+state+library+ballets+russes+north+shore+hospital
Brings up nothing for me.
Artist Daryl Lindsay with Ballets russes dancers Betty Souvorova and Alosha, 31 January 1937,
Give us a sec, trying to save an image ….
It’s up .. new post