In the Trees

Howard Sochurek, “Prayer Marathon in Memphis,” Life, 1952

Two chorus girls circa 1935

Film star Alva White dancing in a circle of chorus girls, ca. 1930

Peter Stackpole, “Betty Dierenger Chorus Girl in If You Knew Susie,” Life, April 1947

Dale Strong backstage at the Latin Quarter nightclub

Lisa Larsen, “Prettiest Showgirl on Broadway,” Life, March 17, 1952

A chorus girl reads a movie magazine in a dressing room at La Scala opera house, Milan, November 1948 | Slim Aarons

Sonia and Wenda, showgirls at the Windmill Theater, asleep in their dressing room under new rules for the dancers, lights out at 11. The girls dance for six hours then sleep on the floor of their dressing room as they eat, sleep and work at the theater.

"Backstage,” Picture Post, October 19th, 1940

Peter Stackpole, “Betty Dierenger Chorus Girl in If You Knew Susie,” Life, April 1947

A dancer working on a revue in wartime Britain rests in a bombed out dressing room, October 1940 | George Dallison

An audience of women watching a group of chorus girls performing on stage

John Chillingworth, “The Best and Worst of British Cities: Liverpool,” Picture Post, April 3, 1954

English actress Sylvia Syms as Maisie King in Expresso Bongo, 1960

British chorus girl exercising in an apartment in Paris

Loomis Dean, Life, 1958

Gloria O'Malley, of The Rockettes precision dance company, backstage at the Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, circa 1950

Dancer in front of a mirror, 1926