Celebrated LIFE magazine photographer Gordon Parks shot these around Christmastime in 1958. They were used in a 200-page special issue on the glories and absurdities of American entertainment. Parks’ series was titled “Without the Girls, Show Biz Is No Biz.”
They’re soft focus and oh so beautiful. Very much like a Edgar Degas piece when he painted ballet dancers.
Via LIFE and h/t Everlasting Blort