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Mademoiselle Maria executing a new step in the ballet "Jerusalem set free" (Neues Pas der Mademoiselle Marie im "Befreiten Jerusalem")

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TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
DATE: 1849
DIMENSIONS: 16.4 x 23 cm
COMMENTS: Scene from the accident whereby the ballerina danced too near the limelights and, to avoid being burned, she jumped into the orchestra. She landed on the shoulders of a musician, M. Tolbeque, and from
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
DANCE FORM: classical ballet
KEYWORDS: accident

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