My mother Marina Salz in her peacock costume when she danced in Radio City Music Hall, New York, in 1941 under the stage name of Marina Lord. The costume consisted of 827 rare Australian feathers and was 11 ft high and 14 ft wide. It was also equipped in the back with a motor that activated the moving feathers when bending forward. This photo was taken in the studios of "Bruno of Hollywood" in New York. Another photo by Weegee and more explanations can be found in an older post, June 27, 2010. Here are also two links to articles by New York dance critic Tobi Tobias on the Weegee photo:
http://www.artsjournal.com/tobias/2006/06/weegees_ballerina.html and this coda where I am interviewed about my mother's life as a dancer for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo : http://www.artsjournal.com/tobias/2007/04/coda.html