Dance History Gallery

D.H.G. (Dance History Gallery)

Dance History Gallery
  • s2555

    s2555

    • ARTIST: Ferdinand Bac (France, 1859-1952)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Backstage scenes of a review - "Paris in general" (Les coulisses d'une revue - "Paris en général")
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, monochrome
    • DATE: 1887
    • DIMENSIONS: 29 x 21 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
    • KEYWORDS: off-stage
  • s4003

    s4003

    • ARTIST: Michel Barbette (France, 1950-)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Hotsy Totsy Town
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
    • DATE: 1960
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Hawaii, U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: hula, traditional, popular
  • s3866

    s3866

    • ARTIST: Marianne von Werefkin (Russia, 1860-1938)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Alexander Sacharoff
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, ink brush
    • DATE: 1915
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ukraine, Germany
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: portrait
  • p0319

    p0319

    • ARTIST: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (France, 1864-1901)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Marcelle Lender from behind, dancing the bolero in "Chilpéric"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1895
    • DIMENSIONS: 37.5 x 26.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • KEYWORDS: operetta
  • p5880

    p5880

    • TITLE OF WORK: Face to face figure in the Mukabele ritual dance of the Mevlevi dervishes
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor
    • DATE: 1870
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Turkey
    • KEYWORDS: religion
  • s1311

    s1311

    • ARTIST: Howard K. Elcock (U.K., 19??-19??) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: London dinners and diners (1)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1925
    • DIMENSIONS: 13 x 18.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., London
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom, couple
  • p6782

    p6782

    • ARTIST: Eugène Giraud (France, 1806-1881) (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance in a posada of Granada (Danse dans une posada de Grenade)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1853
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 11.3 x 15.2 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain, France
    • DANCE FORM: popular, traditional, Spanish dance
  • p6678

    p6678

    • ARTIST: Louis Rémy Sabattier (France, 1863-1935) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The festival of Kamarouko. The dance (Fête du Kamarouko. La danse)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color
    • DATE: 1900
    • DIMENSIONS: 22 x 31.8 cm
    • COMMENTS: Patagonia
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Argentina
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p4086

    p4086

    • ARTIST: Richard Brakenburgh (Netherlands, 1650-1702)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancing peasants
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1695
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • s3784

    s3784

    • ARTIST: Abdulcelil Levni (Ottoman Empire, ?-1732)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Festival on the Golden Horn. Four boy dancers, three zurna and three tambourine players (Haliç'te gösteri)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature
    • DATE: 1720
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Vehbi: Sûrnâme-i Vehbî
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Turkey, Ottoman
    • DANCE FORM: group solo
    • KEYWORDS: musical instrument, zurna, tambourine
  • s2080

    s2080

    • ARTIST: Pierre Carrier-Belleuse (France, 1851-1933)
    • TITLE OF WORK: They talk about the trade union (Elles causent du syndicat)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1900
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: off-stage
  • p5736

    p5736

    • ARTIST: William Haussoullier (France, 1818-1891); H. Yule (drawing); C. Maurand (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Theatrical performance in the kingdom of the Ava (Représentation théâtrale dans le royaume des Ava)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1860
    • COMMENTS: Birmanie
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Burma, India
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
    • KEYWORDS: theater
  • p7325

    p7325

    • ARTIST: Glyn Philpot (U.K., 1884-1937)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of André Eglevsky
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1937
    • DIMENSIONS: 54.7 x 75 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: portrait
  • p4614

    p4614

    • ARTIST: Justus van den Nypoort (Netherlands, 1625-1692)
    • TITLE OF WORK: View of Elesko
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, engraving, copper
    • DATE: 1686
    • DIMENSIONS: 19.7 x 14.9 cm
    • COMMENTS: A turning couple dance by soldiers; in the background the Eleskö castle (Ostry, Kamen)
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Hungary
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, couple
    • KEYWORDS: military
  • p1786

    p1786

    • ARTIST: Thomas Stothard (U.K., 1755-1834) (drawing); J. Parker (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Grecian dance
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, colored
    • DATE: 1798
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p4180

    p4180

    • ARTIST: Pierre Roche or Fernand Massignon (France, 1855-1922)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Loïe Fuller dancing (Loïe Fuller dansant)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, bronze
    • DATE: 1897
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 54 x 30 x 29 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
  • s4750

    s4750

    • ARTIST: Karl Hagenauer (Austria, 1898-1956)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Mexican dancers (Danseurs méxicains)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, bronze patiné
    • DATE: 1900
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Mexico
    • DANCE FORM: folk, traditional
  • p5311

    p5311

    • ARTIST: Christian Skredsvig (Norway, 1854-1924)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Youth Festival in Eggedal (Ungdomsfest i Eggedal)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1895
    • DIMENSIONS: 252 x 377 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Norway
    • DANCE FORM: popular
  • s3732

    s3732

    • TITLE OF WORK: Le Petit Robinson
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, print, postcard
    • DATE: 1990
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Restaurant, diner dansant, thé dansant. 164 quai de Polangis, FR-94340 Joinville le Pont, France
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: couple, ballroom, popular
    • KEYWORDS: advertisement
  • p3533

    p3533

    • ARTIST: José García Ramos (Spain, 1852-1912)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Wedding party (Fiesta nuptial)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1890
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 67 x 110 cm
    • COMMENTS: Ramos painted and sketched scenes from the life of Sevilla
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: popular, Spanish dance
  • p5461

    p5461

    • TITLE OF WORK: Women dancing to the rhythm of two women clapping hands
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief
    • DATE: -2500
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • COMMENTS: Period of the 5th dynasty
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Egypt, Ancient
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p8906

    p8906

    • ARTIST: Le Faget
    • TITLE OF WORK: Jules Perrot and Pauline Leroux in the ballet "Nathalie"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1830
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: ballet, duo
  • p5799

    p5799

    • ARTIST: A. Marc or Nicolas Markovitch (Serbia, 1894-1964) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Reel of the months (La ronde des mois)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1860
    • DIMENSIONS: 21 x 24 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: popular
  • s3845

    s3845

    • ARTIST: Georges Wolinski (France, 1934-2015)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Les Alyscamps, mardi 26 juillet 22H, Zaccho Dance Theatre Joanna Haigood "Journey from Elysian Fields", création (2) Elle court, elle court la danseuse…
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, sketch
    • DATE: 1989
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Arles
    • DANCE FORM: modern
  • p1011

    p1011

    • TITLE OF WORK: Acrobatic dancer and harpist
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting on vase
    • DATE: -670
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 46 cm height
    • COMMENTS: Amphore in oriental-influenced style.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Etruria, Italy
    • DANCE FORM: acrobatic
    • KEYWORDS: acrobat
  • s5511

    s5511

    • TITLE OF WORK: Satyr dancing with woman
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting on pottery, black-figure amphora vase
    • DATE: -530
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient Greece
    • DANCE FORM: couple
    • KEYWORDS: erotic
  • p5592

    p5592

    • TITLE OF WORK: Three female dancers dancing in procession
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, bronze
    • DATE: -550
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • COMMENTS: Found in San Valentini di Marsicano, near Perugia, Italy
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Etruria, Italy
  • p7506

    p7506

    • ARTIST: Majeska
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1942
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: modern, solo
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • p1391

    p1391

    • ARTIST: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Germany, 1880-1938)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Russian dance couple (Russisches Tanzpaar)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, feather, wax chalks
    • DATE: 1909
    • DIMENSIONS: 9.2 x 14 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, Germany
  • p8638

    p8638

    • TITLE OF WORK: Fred Astaire in the film "That's dancing!"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1984
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
    • KEYWORDS: musical
  • p2600

    p2600

    • ARTIST: Max Ernst (Germany, 1891-1976)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Spanish dancer - Spanish woman on the beach (Danseuse espagnole - Femme espagnole au bord de la mer)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1939
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany, Spain
    • DANCE FORM: Spanish dance
  • p6693

    p6693

    • TITLE OF WORK: The csardas dance (Der Czardas)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1866
    • DIMENSIONS: 22.5 x 32 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Hungary
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, popular
    • KEYWORDS: military
  • p8887

    p8887

    • ARTIST: V. Semenova-Tianchanskaya
    • TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Agrippina Vaganova with her pupils
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1950
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: instruction, portarit
  • s5231

    s5231

    • ARTIST: Moritz von Schwind (Austria, 1804-1871)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Lola Montez dances for King Ludwig I of Bavaria
    • TYPE OF WORK: Cutout with scisors
    • DATE: 1847
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Lola Montez was the lover of King Ludwig I of Bavaria
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany, Munich
    • DANCE FORM: flamenco, Spanish dance
    • KEYWORDS: humor, royalty, politics, caricature, Lola Montez,
  • s5755

    s5755

    • TITLE OF WORK: Humorous cartoon: a monkey makes a girl dance to the sound of the double oboe (Dessin humoristique : un singe fait danser une fille au son du double hautbois)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting on a limestone burst
    • DATE: -1250
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 12 x 10 x 1.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: Ramessid period
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Egypt
    • KEYWORDS: animal, monkey, flute
  • p7051

    p7051

    • TITLE OF WORK: The dance of death
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, wood
    • DATE: 1500
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany, France
  • p4806

    p4806

    • ARTIST: Auguste Trichon (France, 1814-1898)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The Magyar dancers (I danzatori magiari)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, stone engraving
    • DATE: 1850
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 26 x 16 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Hungary
    • DANCE FORM: popular
  • p0302

    p0302

    • ARTIST: Richard Barabandy or Riccardo Barabandi (Italy, 1842-1902)
    • TITLE OF WORK: La Goulue
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1890
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall, cancan
  • p9470

    p9470

    • ARTIST: Natalia Goncharova (Russia, 1881-1962)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Les noces": Un Homme du Peuple
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, China ink on paper
    • DATE: 1924
    • COMMENTS: "Les noces", choreographic scenes with songs, in four scenes. Music and story by Igor Stravinsky; choreography by B. Nijinska; decors and costumes by Natalia Goncharova
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • p0026

    p0026

    • ARTIST: Kees van Dongen (Netherlands, 1877-1968)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Spanish dancer (Danseuse espagnole)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1912
    • DIMENSIONS: 150 x 93 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed at lower center "Van Dongen"
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain, Holland, France
    • DANCE FORM: popular, stage, Spanish dance
  • s0372

    s0372

    • ARTIST: Isamu Noguchi (U.S.A., 1904-1988)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Decor design for the ballet "The bells": The dance of the Ghouls
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, gouache and pencil on thin board
    • DATE: 1946
    • DIMENSIONS: 40.3 x 27.9 cm
    • COMMENTS: From the collection of Ruth Page. The ballet "The bells" was first performed in Chicago on 26/04/1946. Choreography and libretto by Ruth Page based on a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, music by Darius Milhau
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Japan, U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: scenery
  • p3965

    p3965

    • ARTIST: Paula Rego (Portugal, 1935-)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancing ostriches from Disney's "Fantasia"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pastel on paper mounted on aluminium
    • DATE: 1995
    • DIMENSIONS: 150 x 150 cm
    • COMMENTS: Part of a triptych
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Portugal
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s1694

    s1694

    • ARTIST: Paul Renouard (France, 1845-1924) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: "The ideal ballet" - "He is mine!" ("Le ballet idéal" - "Il est à moi!")
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1910
    • DIMENSIONS: 13 x 10 cm
    • COMMENTS: One of 4 charcoal drawings exhibited at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris 1910
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p0350

    p0350

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Female dancers (Danseuses)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, charcoal
    • DATE: 1879
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p3875

    p3875

    • TITLE OF WORK: Tango
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, stucco, color
    • DATE: 1930
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Argentina
    • DANCE FORM: tango, popular, couple
  • p5117

    p5117

    • ARTIST: Katherine "Kay" Ambrose, (U.K., 1914-1971)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Spring morning. Volkova in flight
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1940
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p8932

    p8932

    • ARTIST: Alexander Golovine (Russia, 1863-1930)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "L'oiseau de feu": Knight
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor and gouache on paper
    • DATE: 1910
    • COMMENTS: Ballets Russes
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • s4367

    s4367

    • TITLE OF WORK: Solo female ballet dancer
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, sketch
    • DATE: 1997
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Belarus
    • DANCE FORM: solo, classical ballet
  • s0713

    s0713

    • TITLE OF WORK: The fêtes at Pompei. The marriage procession
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1884
    • DIMENSIONS: 15.1 x 22.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, Italy, Pompei,
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
    • KEYWORDS: child, double flute
  • s1138

    s1138

    • ARTIST: Howard K. Elcock (U.K., 19??-19??) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The marvellous closing scene at Drury Lane
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1922
    • DIMENSIONS: 29.7 x 21.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: This picture represents the wondrful staircase of Damascus in which the climax of "Decameron Nights" is played in the picturesque setting by Mr. Joseph Harker
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, U.K., London
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: theater, review, music-hall

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