It's nearly May so DANCE YOU CRAZY FOOLS! DANCE!

This weeks Sepia Saturday is an image of Maypole dancers. I have fond memories of being a child in Hawaii taking part in the Maypole dance at school. The colorful ribbons, the kids trying to weave in and out, up and over, around and around. Our parents were invited to come watch. It was a dance, though I can’t recall what music was played.

I have decided to choose dance for this weeks images. All of the following were purchased at one estate sale a few years ago. I know nothing about any of the dancers; I also have no idea when these shots were taken. I do wonder if these ladies were influenced by the dancer Isadora Duncan. I’m fascinated by the gypsy influence.

Is the woman in this final shot posing for an artist? Was she the subject of a painting? There is something romantic about her pose, a light step within a gentle dance. I almost expect to see her in a Vermeer painting.

As a child I took dance, but then I started growing and was told by a relative that I looked clumsy. Those few words have stuck with me and now I only dance when no one watches.

Let's hear it for the beauty of the coming month of May and the beautiful Vanessa Redgrave in Camelot.

Click on the label "dancer" below to see more images of dancers.

BABY MOHAWK with Vanessa Redgrave

I know the first thing most people will see when looking at this shot is the baby with the mohawk. In my case the first thing I saw was Vanessa Redgrave.

This was in a box with hundreds of photos at an antique store I rarely visit. I was getting bored looking through the box because most of the shots were just straight on posed shots, hundreds of them. Boring, boring, boring. And then I saw this and saw Vanessa's smile. I knew I had proof of a time traveling celebrity actually in preparation for a film. Had to be. Significant evidence. Vanessa Redgrave preparing for her role in YANKS.

Okay, so it isn't really Redgrave, but this woman is just as beautiful as Redgrave.

Now as to the baby with the mohawk....