Dance History Gallery

D.H.G. (Dance History Gallery)

Dance History Gallery
  • p7742

    p7742

    • ARTIST: John Brandard (U.K., 1812-1863) (drawing and engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Mr. O'Bryan and Adèle Dumilâtre in the ballet "Le corsaire"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1850
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p6274

    p6274

    • ARTIST: Franciscus Smith (1767-) (drawing); Theodore Viero (1740-) (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Turkish slave dancing in the presence of her master (Une schiava turca che danza alla presenza del suo padrone. Esclave turque qui danse devant son maître)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1800
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Turkey,
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p4063

    p4063

    • ARTIST: Federico Mialhe (France, 1810-1881)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Kings' day in Havana (D?a de Reyes en la Habana)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph on grey paper
    • DATE: 1848
    • DIMENSIONS: 18.3 x 26 cm
    • COMMENTS: From the series "Viaje pintoresco alrededor de la Isla de Cuba", 1848
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Cuba, Habana
    • DANCE FORM: popular
  • s4027

    s4027

    • ARTIST: Giulio Gioia (Italy, 1945-)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The dance. Havana 2003 (La danza. Havana 2003)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 2003
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy, Cuba
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p1419

    p1419

    • ARTIST: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (Germany, 1880-1938)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Female dancer (Tänzerin)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil on carton
    • DATE: 1933
    • DIMENSIONS: 51.2 x 35.6 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
  • s2170

    s2170

    • TITLE OF WORK: Merry nights at the Dead Rat, Paris-Montmartre (Les nuits gaies du Rat Mort, Paris-Montmartre)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, monochrome
    • DATE: 1900
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Printed by Weival, Paris
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: couple, ballroom
  • p3709

    p3709

    • ARTIST: Claude Lepape (France, 1913-)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Scene at the Moulin Rouge music-hall, Paris
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1930
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
  • p2505

    p2505

    • TITLE OF WORK: Mariano Camprubi and Dolores Serral in "La Cachucha"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
    • DATE: 1834
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 18 x 10.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: Paris, Théâtre de la Gaité
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p3053

    p3053

    • ARTIST: Dosso (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Moros-Moros, drama and ballet in the theater of Albay
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, colored
    • DATE: 1850
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 16.8 x 23.8
    • COMMENTS: Moros-Moros, drame et ballet au théâtre d'Albay. Dessin de Dosso, d'après un croquis de l'auteur.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Africa
    • KEYWORDS: theater, weapon
  • p6287

    p6287

    • ARTIST: Max Beckmann (Germany, 1884-1950)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The dream (Der Traum)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, engraving, copper
    • DATE: 1925
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 40.3 x 20 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
  • s5161

    s5161

    • ARTIST: David Teniers the Younger (Flanders, 1610-1690)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Festival on Saint George's day
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1649
    • DIMENSIONS: 79.7 x 88.7 cm
    • COMMENTS: signed and dated 1649
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Flanders, Holland, Belgium
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, couple
  • s3992

    s3992

    • ARTIST: Gillis de Winter (Netherlands, 1650-1720)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Peasant feast by the river (Fête paysanne au bord du fleuve)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1690
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 58 x 67 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Netherlands
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, popular, duo
  • p4714

    p4714

    • TITLE OF WORK: The dancer Jean Ballon
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1700
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s0041

    s0041

    • ARTIST: Jacob Akkersdijk (Netherlands, 1815-1862)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Peasants merrymaking outside a tavern
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on panel
    • DATE: 1855
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 60.3 x 81.2 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed "J. Akkersdijk F"
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Holland, Flanders
    • DANCE FORM: couple, traditional
  • p2228

    p2228

    • ARTIST: Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (Spain, 1841-1920)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Masquerade ball at the Ritz Hotel, Paris
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1909
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom
    • KEYWORDS: disguise
  • p0402

    p0402

    • ARTIST: Alexander Archipenko (Ukraine, 1887-1964)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statue, bronze
    • DATE: 1915
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
  • p4018

    p4018

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Nude study for the dressed dancer (Etude de nu pour la danseuse habillée)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, red wax with black stains
    • DATE: 1879
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Study for the bronze work.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s1430

    s1430

    • ARTIST: F. Fritel (drawing); Mildebrand (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Print
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1870
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 24 x 16 cm
    • COMMENTS: Illustration for an article in "Le tour du monde"
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Brazil, South America
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, duo
  • s3731

    s3731

    • ARTIST: Henri (de) Gissey (France, 1621-1673) (workshop of)
    • TITLE OF WORK: "Ballet of the feasts of Bacchus". The River of Oblivion ("Ballet des fêtes de Bacchus": Fleuve de l'oubli)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen, wash and gouache
    • DATE: 1651
    • DIMENSIONS: 22.7 x 22.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: Played by the Marquis de Genlis, who was known for his ugliness, in a costume adorned with lotus and reeds
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet, court
  • p5475

    p5475

    • TITLE OF WORK: Three women dancing
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color
    • DATE: 1000
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: court, folk
  • p4104

    p4104

    • ARTIST: Franz Eisenhut (Hungary, 1857-1903) (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Kirghisian or Circassian dance (Tscherkessentanz)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1890
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 23.2 x 30 cm
  • p6276

    p6276

    • TITLE OF WORK: Tarot "Industry and happiness" Piatnik (Tarot "Industrie und Glück" Piatnik)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, steel engraving, color
    • DATE: 1891
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 11.2 x 6 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Austria
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p7402

    p7402

    • ARTIST: Jacques-Ernest Desroches Valnay (France)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The stick dance of the Sudanese negroes - Timbouktou (La danse des bâtons des nègres de Soudan - Tombouktou)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1867
    • DIMENSIONS: 16.5 x 22.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: A scene from the Universal Exhibition in Paris, 1867. The International Theater.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Sudan, France
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, folk, Oriental
  • s3582

    s3582

    • ARTIST: Kàroly Lotz (Hungary, 1833-1904)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Merry-making peasants (Mulatozò parasztok)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1860
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 25.5 x 36.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Hungary
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, duo
  • p2692

    p2692

    • ARTIST: Henryk Siemiradzki (Poland, 1843-1902)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Sword dance (Taniec wsrod mieczow)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1892
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity
    • KEYWORDS: weapon, sword
  • s4609

    s4609

    • ARTIST: Amadeo Preziosi (Malta, 1816-1882)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Souvenirs from the Orient: whirling dervishes (Souvenirs d'Orient: dervishes tourneurs)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
    • DATE: 1857
    • COMMENTS: Signed and dated 1857
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Turkey, Constantinople, Istanbul,
    • DANCE FORM: Oriental, traditional, solo
    • KEYWORDS: religion
  • p8337

    p8337

    • TITLE OF WORK: Garden party in honour of the Prince of Walles at Belvedere in Calcutta (Gartenfest zu Ehren des Prinzen van Wales auf Belvedere in Kalkutta)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1876
    • DIMENSIONS: 31 x 50 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: India, U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
    • KEYWORDS: royalty, weapon
  • p6870

    p6870

    • ARTIST: Aubrey Beardsley (U.K., 1872-1898)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Salome. The stomach dance
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, monochrome
    • DATE: 1894
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • KEYWORDS: Salome, religion, Bible
  • p2062

    p2062

    • ARTIST: Jean-Charles Duval (France, 1880-1963)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Tamara Karsavina
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1910
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s0142

    s0142

    • ARTIST: Maria Szantho (Hungary, 1897-1997)
    • TITLE OF WORK: A ballerina
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1935
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 80 x 59.6 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Hungary
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s5992

    s5992

    • ARTIST: G. Knapp (Germany) (sketch)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dances around the May tree (Der Enzug des Maigrafen in Holstein. Tanz um den Maibaum in Belgien)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1884
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany, Holstein, Belgium
    • DANCE FORM: May, circle
  • p8224

    p8224

    • ARTIST: Jean Carzou or Karnik Zouloumian (France, 1907-2000)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "Le loup"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1953
    • COMMENTS: "Le loup", choreography by Roland Petit, book by Anouilh, music by Dutilleux, design by Jean Carzou; first performance at the Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris, on 17/03/1953
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: scenery
  • p8455

    p8455

    • ARTIST: Schoeft (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Court dancers in a Persian palace (Danse des almées dans un palais Persan)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1858
    • DIMENSIONS: 23 x 32.2 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Persia, Iran, France, Asia, Orient
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p2924

    p2924

    • TITLE OF WORK: Family scene with dance couple
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1880
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: No. 7173
    • DANCE FORM: popular
  • p5003

    p5003

    • TITLE OF WORK: Ballet of Fine Arts. Modern dance season (Ballet de Bellas Artes. Temporada de danza moderna)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, program cover
    • DATE: 1956
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Mexico
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s4810

    s4810

    • ARTIST: Marcel Blairat (France, 1849-1955)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Odalisque with tambourine 1 (Odalisque au tambourin 1)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor
    • DATE: 1883
    • DIMENSIONS: 39 x 25 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed and dated (18)83 at lower right
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, popular, solo, Oriental
  • s3607

    s3607

    • ARTIST: Leopoldo Metlicovitz (Italy, 1868-1944)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dream of a waltz (Sogno d'un valzer)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color, lithograph, poster
    • DATE: 1908
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom, waltz, couple
    • KEYWORDS: musical instrument, violin
  • p9396

    p9396

    • ARTIST: Oskar Graf (Germany, 1873-1958) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: At the Munich Artists' Festival. From the play: Arkadian round dance (Von münchener Künstlerfest. Aus dem Festspiel: Arkadischer Reigen)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1898
    • DIMENSIONS: 14.7 x 22.9 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, Germany, Munich, Bavaria,
    • DANCE FORM: round, circular, circle
  • s1688

    s1688

    • ARTIST: Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel (Germany, 1804-1861)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Fronton at the Berlin Opera
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1885
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, Germany, Berlin,
    • DANCE FORM: popular
  • s3149

    s3149

    • TITLE OF WORK: Leis Chevaoux Frux from the Corpus Christi ballet in Aix-en-Provence in 18th century costume (Leis Chevaoux Frux du ballet de la Fête-Dieu à Aix-en-Provence en costume du 18e siècle)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1800
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Aix-en-Provence
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
    • KEYWORDS: horse
  • p2047

    p2047

    • ARTIST: Yannis Moralis (Greece, 1916-2009)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costumes and stage design for the ballet "Six popular pictures" (4)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color
    • DATE: 1951
    • COMMENTS: Ballet "Six popular pictures" by the "Greek Choreodrama", Athens 1951. Music by Manos Hadjidakis, costumes and stage design by Yannis Moralis, choreography by Rallou Manou
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece
    • DANCE FORM: modern, popular
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • p7498

    p7498

    • ARTIST: Sergei Soudeikin (Russia, 1882-1946)
    • TITLE OF WORK: (Couple dancing)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor and pencil on paper
    • DATE: 1920
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 15.2 x 19.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
    • DANCE FORM: popular, couple
  • s1990

    s1990

    • ARTIST: Lucien Fontanarosa (France, 1912-1975)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Two female dancers (Deux danseuses)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, pastel, ceracolor
    • DATE: 1958
    • DIMENSIONS: 60 x 60 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s0112

    s0112

    • TITLE OF WORK: Burmese dancing-girls - head-dresses
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1882
    • DIMENSIONS: 10.2 x 6.7 cm
    • COMMENTS: Sketches at Rangoon: Visit of the Viceroy of India to British Burmah
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Burma, Rangoon, U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, stage
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • p5835

    p5835

    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance on three-dollar banknote
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
    • DATE: 1990
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 8.7 x 17.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Cook Islands, Aitutaki
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p4704

    p4704

    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancing Apsara, celestial water nymph
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, sandstone
    • DATE: 1250
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: From Rajastan
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: India
    • KEYWORDS: religion
  • p8328

    p8328

    • ARTIST: Edward Corbould (U.K., 1815-1905) (drawing); I. Andrew (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Scene 1 from the ballet "Ondine". Ondine disappearing into the water, asking Matteo to follow her
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, engraving
    • DATE: 1843
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy, France, London
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p5473

    p5473

    • TITLE OF WORK: Female juggler
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color
    • DATE: 1050
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Copy of an earlier work. The figure is designed above an Alleluia
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: court, acrobatic
    • KEYWORDS: acrobat
  • p5476

    p5476

    • ARTIST: A. Vérard
    • TITLE OF WORK: Macabre dance of Basel (Danse macabre de Bâle)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color
    • DATE: 1800
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Switzerland
    • KEYWORDS: religion
  • p4729

    p4729

    • ARTIST: Kunisada Ichiyosai (Japan, 1785-1864)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Inner scene of Kabuki theatre
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1830
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Japan
    • KEYWORDS: theater

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