COMMENTS: This ball is also a competition of endurance. Male dancers try to dance as long as possible on the slippery floor, while a barmaid serves them drinks constantly.
ARTIST: René Joseph Gilbert (France, 1958-1914) (after his painting)
TITLE OF WORK: Miss Sanlaville of the Opera (Mlle Sanlaville de l'Opéra)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, engraving, eau-forte
DATE: 1883
DATE DETAILS: approx.
COMMENTS: Degas dedicated one of his sonets to Miss Sanlaville. The original pastel work was exhibited at the Salon de 1883. The engraving appeared in the "Gazette des Beaux-arts" 25/2/2. Paris, 1883, p. 467.
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Le tricorne"
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color
DATE: 1919
COMMENTS: Ballet "Le tricorne"; first performed at the Alhambra Theatre, London, on 22/07/1919. Distribution: Léonide Massine (The miller), Tamara Karsavina (The miller's wife), Léon Woizikowsky (The corregidor
TITLE OF WORK: Rasa-lila dance spectacle in the Manipuri style
TYPE OF WORK: Painting
DATE: 1850
DATE DETAILS: approx.
COMMENTS: The Rasa-lila dance performance exists since the 18th century. It requires high technical training in the Manipuri styli of North-East India. The themes are taken from the life of Krishna. Here Krishn
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color
DATE: 870
DATE DETAILS: approx.
COMMENTS: King David in the middle playing the harp, dancer at the upper left. From a "book of hours" of Charles II the Bald (Charles le Cauve, Karl der Kahle, 823-877 AD), king of France
COMMENTS: Illustration for a note on the origin of the dance. The tune was named after Sir Roger de Coverleym who lived in the time of Richard the First. The earliest printed copy of the tune is in a collection
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
DANCE FORM: Sir Roger de Coverley, ballroom, country
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "The sorcerer's apprentice": The Sorcerer
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, drawing, color
DATE: 1960
COMMENTS: Ballet "The Sorcerer's Apprencice" by Paul Dukas. From the 1960 season of Wellington City Ballet Company. Director and choreographer Leigh Brewer; orchestra directed by Alex Lindsay.
TITLE OF WORK: A holiday in Bavaria: The Schuhplattler under the windows of the crown prince (Ein Festtag des Bayernlandes: Die Schuhplattler unter den Fenstern des Prinzregenten)
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Lady into fox": Mr. Tebrick Distraught
TYPE OF WORK: Painting
DATE: 1939
COMMENTS: "Lady into fox", ballet in one act and three scenes by Andrée Howard, with music by Arthur Honegger. First produced by the Ballet Rambert at the Mercury Theatre, London, on 15/05/1939
