Dance History Gallery

D.H.G. (Dance History Gallery)

Dance History Gallery
  • p3726

    p3726

    • ARTIST: Leon Bakst (Russia, 1866-1924)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "Thamar"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor and gouache on paper
    • DATE: 1912
    • DIMENSIONS: 74 x 86 cm
    • COMMENTS: Music by Mily Balakirev
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, France
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: scenery
  • s0767

    s0767

    • TITLE OF WORK: The employment of children in pantomimes. At a rehearsal - the "fifth porition"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1889
    • DIMENSIONS: 16.1 x 22.3 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: stage, ballet
    • KEYWORDS: children, instruction, theater
  • p4949

    p4949

    • TITLE OF WORK: Casino de Lille. Programme
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief on paper
    • DATE: 1980
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
  • s2650

    s2650

    • TITLE OF WORK: Scene from the musical play "Fêtes de l'Amour et de Bacchus", represented at the Petit Parc of Versailles palace
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1670
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Versailles
    • DANCE FORM: ballet, stage
  • p2219

    p2219

    • TITLE OF WORK: Ball dress
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
    • DATE: 1823
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • s1955

    s1955

    • ARTIST: Danuta Kwapiszewska (Poland, 1922-1999)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancer at rest (Danseuse au repos)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture
    • DATE: 1998
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Exhibited at the Ixème Biennale dels pintors I escultors de la dansa. Barcelona, 03/02/1999. Danuta Kwapiszewska, dancer and sculptor.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Poland
    • DANCE FORM: ballet, modern
  • s0781

    s0781

    • TITLE OF WORK: Effects of the aboriginal war-dance on the other lodgers
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1875
    • DIMENSIONS: 7 x 11.3 cm
    • COMMENTS: Illustration from a novel
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: popular, male
    • KEYWORDS: humor, caricature
  • p8331

    p8331

    • TITLE OF WORK: Shiva dancing
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, sandstone
    • DATE: 1000
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 42.5 x 42.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: From Rajastan
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: India
    • KEYWORDS: religion, deity
  • s2868

    s2868

    • ARTIST: Natalia Goncharova (Russia, 1881-1962)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Design for the ballet "Le coq d'or" by Fokine
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color
    • DATE: 1914
    • COMMENTS: This version was not executed
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Russia
    • KEYWORDS: stage design
  • p2754

    p2754

    • ARTIST: Jan Poortenaar (Netherlands, 1886-1958)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Court dance of Yogyakarta, Middle-Java (Hofdanseres uit Yogyakarta, Midden-Java)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1925
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 110 x 90 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Java, Indonesia
    • DANCE FORM: court
  • s5610

    s5610

    • ARTIST: Childe Hassam (U.S.A., 1859-1935)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The Greek dance
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, etching with plate tone
    • DATE: 1916
    • DIMENSIONS: 20.8 x 25.3 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece
  • p7143

    p7143

    • ARTIST: Ludovico Burnacini (Italy, 1636-1707) (drawing); M. Kusel (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Final ballet of the Pomo d'Oro
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1669
    • COMMENTS: Presented in Vienna in 1669
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Austria
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s1562

    s1562

    • TITLE OF WORK: Corpus Christi at Aix and King René of Anjou -1) (La Fête-Dieu, à Aix, et le roi René d'Anjou - 1)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1844
    • DIMENSIONS: 32.5 x 23.7 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Aix en Provence
    • DANCE FORM: popular, stage
    • KEYWORDS: theater, religion
  • p0597

    p0597

    • ARTIST: Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancer adjusting her tutu (Danseuse ajustant son tutu)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, lead pencil
    • DATE: 1919
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p4043

    p4043

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancer in red socks (Danseuse aux bas rouges)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pastel on grey paper
    • DATE: 1884
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 75.9 x 58.7 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s2440

    s2440

    • TITLE OF WORK: Mevlevi dervishes dancing in a teke
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1850
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Turkey
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, Sema, whirling
    • KEYWORDS: religion
  • p7300

    p7300

    • ARTIST: John Piper (U.K., 1903-1992)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Backcloth for "The quest", ballet in five scenes by Frederick Ashton
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1943
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., London
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p4262

    p4262

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance recital (Recital de danse)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1890
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p4673

    p4673

    • ARTIST: Frans Francken II (Flanders, 1581-1642) (studio of)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance scene
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on panel
    • DATE: 1580
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 75 x 105 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Flanders, Holland, Belgium
    • DANCE FORM: court
  • p6675

    p6675

    • ARTIST: Jay Potter
    • TITLE OF WORK: "The house that Jack built", at the Opéra Comique: Dance of the man all tattered and torn
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1895
    • DIMENSIONS: 15 x 23.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: theater
  • p0372

    p0372

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The bench (La banquette)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1881
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p9678

    p9678

    • ARTIST: Emil Limmer (Germany, 1854-1931) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: From the International Electrotechnical Exibition in Frankfurt on the Main. From the festival in the theater. Apotheosis: Victory of the light
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1891
    • DIMENSIONS: 34 x 47.2 cm
    • COMMENTS: From the International Electrotechnical Exhibition in Frankfurt on the Main: From the play in the theater. Apotheosis: victory of the light
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany, Frankfurt
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p9578

    p9578

    • ARTIST: Juan Gris (Spain, 1887-1927)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Les tentations de la bergère": Un Courtisan (A Courtesan)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pastel on paper
    • DATE: 1924
    • COMMENTS: "Les tentations de la bergère", ballet in one act by the Ballets Russes. Music by M. Montéclair (1666-1727), arranged and orchestrated by H. Casadesus. Choreography by Bronislava Nijinska; décors and
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • s3554

    s3554

    • ARTIST: Rene Portocarrero (Cuba, 1912-1986)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Chorist series (Serie Coristas)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor on paper
    • DATE: 1970
    • DIMENSIONS: 50.8 x 68.2 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed and dated "Portocarrero 70" at lower center
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Cuba
    • DANCE FORM: popular, music-hall
  • p6774

    p6774

    • ARTIST: Jean-Baptiste Pater (France, 1695-1736) (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The minuet (Le menuet)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, monochrome
    • DATE: 1780
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 14.5 x 18.2 cm
    • COMMENTS: The Music and Dance Exhibition, Paris. Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: court
  • s5280

    s5280

    • ARTIST: Ludwig von Zumbusch (Germany, 1861-1927)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Jugend magazine, II, issue no. 40 (Jugend, II, heft 40)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color (Farblithografie)
    • DATE: 1897
    • DIMENSIONS: 29 x 22,5 cm
    • COMMENTS: Art nouveau
  • s4591

    s4591

    • ARTIST: Eugène Deshayes (Algeria, 1892-1939)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of a dancer (Portrait d'une danseuse)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1930
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Algeria
    • DANCE FORM: Oriental, traditional
    • KEYWORDS: portrait
  • p4473

    p4473

    • ARTIST: Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (France, 1861-1929)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan in "La danse des Scythes", 6ème mouvement (Isadora Duncan in "Scyths' dance", 6th movement)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1911
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., France
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • s0357

    s0357

    • ARTIST: Antoni Clavé (Spain, 1913-2005)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Suzanna and the Barber": Masques
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper laid down on board
    • DATE: 1956
    • DIMENSIONS: 50.8 x 109.2 cm
    • COMMENTS: From the collection of Ruth Page. The ballet "Suzanna and the Barber" on music by Rossini arranged by Isaac Van Grove, choreography by Ruth Page and decors and costumes by Antoni Clavé, was first prod
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain, U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet, Spanish dance?
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • p5211

    p5211

    • ARTIST: Lucian Freud (Germany, 1922-2011)
    • TITLE OF WORK: George Balanchine
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1955
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p8793

    p8793

    • TITLE OF WORK: Scottish fête in Lord Holland's park. The reel of Tulloch
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1849
    • DIMENSIONS: 11.6 x 23 cm
    • COMMENTS: A fête of the Scottish Society of London in Lord Holland's park at Kensington towards Notting-hill
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., Scotland, Kensington
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, reel of Tulloch
  • p6228

    p6228

    • ARTIST: F. Alexandre Bida (France, 1813-1895)
    • TITLE OF WORK: An Almeh dancer (Danseuse - Almée)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1852
    • DIMENSIONS: 16.5 x 9 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Egypt,
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, Oriental
  • p2381

    p2381

    • ARTIST: Edwin Scharff (Germany, 1887-1955)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Two female dancers and a man (Zwei Tänzerinnen und ein Mann)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, bronze relief
    • DATE: 1926
    • DIMENSIONS: 85 cm height x 61 cm width
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
  • p5757

    p5757

    • ARTIST: Jean-Baptiste van Moor or Mour (France, 1671-1737)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Two women dancing in a harem
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1800
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Turkey
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p1991

    p1991

    • ARTIST: Theyre Lee-Elliott (U.K., 1903-1988)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Backstage
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1947
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s4387

    s4387

    • ARTIST: Robert Salles (France, 1871-1929)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Cairo Street 1900. Universal Exhibition of 1900 (Rue du Caire de 1900. Exposition Universelle de 1900
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color, poster
    • DATE: 1900
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, France
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall, cabaret, solo, traditional, Oriental
  • p7993

    p7993

    • ARTIST: Constantin Ivanov
    • TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "Nutcracker" in the Mariinski Theater, Saint Petersburg
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1892
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: scenery
  • p1747

    p1747

    • TITLE OF WORK: Marie Taglioni and her brother Paul in the ballet "La Sylphide"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1830
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Choreography by Filippo Taglioni, music by Jean Schneitzhöffer
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, Italy
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p7058

    p7058

    • ARTIST: John Keyse Sherwin (U.K., 1751-1790)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The happy village
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, stipple engraving
    • DATE: 1785
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, popular
  • s2079

    s2079

    • ARTIST: P. I. Orlof
    • TITLE OF WORK: October feast
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1851
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
    • KEYWORDS: tambourine
  • s5315

    s5315

    • ARTIST: Wim. M. Chase
    • TITLE OF WORK: Street dancer, Italy. Study of a woman; Girl dancing
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1882
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 66.7 x 39.4 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy
    • DANCE FORM: street dance
    • KEYWORDS: woman
  • p3127

    p3127

    • TITLE OF WORK: August Bournonville
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1850
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Denmark, Copenhagen
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p6982

    p6982

    • TITLE OF WORK: Carlotta Grisi and Lucien Petipa in the ballet "Giselle"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, cover of a music score
    • DATE: 1842
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s3066

    s3066

    • ARTIST: George Catlin (U.S.A., 1796-1872)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance of the ball game among the Choctaws (La danse du jeu de la balle chez les Choctaws)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1835
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
    • KEYWORDS: Indians, Native Americans
  • p9098

    p9098

    • ARTIST: Marie Laurencin (France, 1883-1956)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Female dancers (Danseuses)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1940
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 46 x 38 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p7563

    p7563

    • ARTIST: Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (France, 1861-1929) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan et son Ecole de Danse. Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 25-30 janvier (Isadora Duncan and her Dance School, 25/01/1914-30/01/1914)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1914
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., France
    • DANCE FORM: modern, solo
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan, instruction, poster, program
  • s4532

    s4532

    • ARTIST: Pieter Brueghel the Younger (Flanders, 1564-1638)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Bridal dance (La danse de la mariée)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on wood, oak panel
    • DATE: 1607
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 38.5 x 54 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Flanders, Holland, Belgium
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, couple
  • s1300

    s1300

    • ARTIST: Emile Perrault-Harry (France, 1878-1938)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The dancing goat (Le chevreau qui danse)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture
    • DATE: 1913
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • KEYWORDS: animal, goat
  • p3799

    p3799

    • ARTIST: Louis Abraham Ducros (Switzerland, 1748-1810)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Group of young Gozitan folk people dancing
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor
    • DATE: 1778
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Malta, Gozo Island
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p8504

    p8504

    • ARTIST: Joseph Bernard (France, 1866-1931)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Woman and child dancing (Femme et enfant dansant)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, bronze
    • DATE: 1914
    • DIMENSIONS: 183 x 48 x 77 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • KEYWORDS: instruction

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