Dance History Gallery

D.H.G. (Dance History Gallery)

Dance History Gallery
  • p6389

    p6389

    • ARTIST: Raoul Auger Feuillet (France, 1653?-1709?)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance notation for a dance called "L'Allemande"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1650
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: ballet, ballroom
  • p6598

    p6598

    • ARTIST: Georges Crouzat (France, 1904-1976)
    • TITLE OF WORK: L'Ajoulotte dance of Franche-Comté (L'Ajoulotte - Franche-Comté)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, bronze, medal
    • DATE: 1990
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 4.7 cm diameter
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: folk
  • p0104

    p0104

    • ARTIST: Jasper Johns (U.S.A., 1930-)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancers on a plane. Merce Cunningham
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil and acrylic on canvas
    • DATE: 1980
    • DIMENSIONS: 199.1 x 161.9 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: abstract
  • p5313

    p5313

    • ARTIST: Nikolai Astrup (Norway, 1880-1928)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Priseld
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1920
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 85 x 106 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Norway
    • DANCE FORM: popular
  • s0686

    s0686

    • TITLE OF WORK: The Malagasy envoys at Cape Town - Entertainment at the officers' mess of the First Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1883
    • DIMENSIONS: 12.4 x 22.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Madagascar, South Africa, Cape Town, U.K., Scotland
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, solo, stage
    • KEYWORDS: weapon, sword, bagpipes, military
  • s1914

    s1914

    • ARTIST: Jean "PAL" Paléologue (Romania, 1860-1942)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Folies-Bergère. La Belle Otero tous les soirs
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color, poster
    • DATE: 1898
    • DIMENSIONS: 125.5 x 81.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain, France, Greece
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall, solo, cabaret
    • KEYWORDS: Otero
  • p8206

    p8206

    • ARTIST: Nicholas Roerich (Russia, 1874-1947)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for "Polovtsian dances" from the opera "Prince Igor"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1909
    • COMMENTS: First performance given by the Diaghilev Ballet at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, on 18/05/1909; choreography by M. Foline
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: scenery
  • p6420

    p6420

    • ARTIST: Louis-René Boquet (France, 1717-1814)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for Triton - 2
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color
    • DATE: 1760
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Opéra de Paris
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • p8596

    p8596

    • ARTIST: Alphonse de Neuville (France, 1835-1885) (drawing); C. Laplante (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The dance after the trials (La danse après les épreuves)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, engraving, wood
    • DATE: 1850
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 15.9 x 24 cm
    • COMMENTS: After the album by Catlin
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., Missouri
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
    • KEYWORDS: Indians, Native Americans
  • p6620

    p6620

    • TITLE OF WORK: Popular disguises (Travestissements populaires)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1865
    • DIMENSIONS: 9 x 22 cm
    • COMMENTS: Carnival of Naples
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, popular
  • p8574

    p8574

    • ARTIST: E. Hofang (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The "featherbox" in Warthebruche (Die "Federkäste" im Warthebruche)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, engraving
    • DATE: 1896
    • DIMENSIONS: 15 x 23 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, round
    • KEYWORDS: sing, song
  • p1061

    p1061

    • TITLE OF WORK: Four dancers in closed circle and flutist in the middle
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, terracotta
    • DATE: -1000
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece
    • DANCE FORM: round, circular, circle
  • p1284

    p1284

    • ARTIST: David Hockney (U.K., 1937)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Roland Petit
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1975
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: choreographer, portrait
  • s0155

    s0155

    • ARTIST: F. Mazzoni
    • TITLE OF WORK: An Arab dancer with a tambourine
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1885
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 100.5 x 66 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Italy
    • DANCE FORM: solo, Oriental
    • KEYWORDS: tambourine
  • p5241

    p5241

    • ARTIST: André Derain (France, 1880-1954)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "La boutique fantasque"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1948
    • COMMENTS: Opéra Comique, Paris
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • s4582

    s4582

    • ARTIST: Giovanni-Battista Belzoni (1778-1823) (drawing); W. Gentz (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dances during a wedding festival (Danses pendant une fête de mariage)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1819
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Egypt, Soubra,
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, acrobatic
    • KEYWORDS: acrobatic
  • p4884

    p4884

    • ARTIST: Jan Lewicki (Poland, 1795/1802-1871)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Polonaise
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1861
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Poland
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom, polonaise
  • p5616

    p5616

    • ARTIST: Louis-Léopold Boilly (France, 1761-1845) (drawing); Darcis (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The curious piece (La pièce curieuse)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
    • DATE: 1790
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Street musician
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • KEYWORDS: animal
  • p0552

    p0552

    • ARTIST: Daniel Rabel (France, 1578-1637)
    • TITLE OF WORK: "Ballet de la Douairière de Billebahaut": Entry of the Douairière ("Ballet de la Douairière de Billebahaut": Entrée de la Douairière)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, colored
    • DATE: 1626
    • COMMENTS: The ballet "Grand bal de la douairière de Billebahaut pour accueillir les honnêtes recherches de Fanfan de Sotteville" was danced by king Louis the 13th in February 1626. It parodized the great ball t
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: court, stage, theatrical, ballet
    • KEYWORDS: royalty
  • s0953

    s0953

    • TITLE OF WORK: India in London. Sketches at the Indian village at Portland Hall, Langham Place. Teaching a child its steps
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1886
    • DIMENSIONS: 21.1 x 22.7 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: India, Tanjore
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, stage
    • KEYWORDS: child, instruction
  • s1433

    s1433

    • ARTIST: Pranishnikoff (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Wedding banquet (Repas de noces)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1887
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 15.7 x 23.7 cm
    • COMMENTS: Illustration for an article in "Le tour du monde"
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Georgia, Caucasus
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, stage
    • KEYWORDS: child
  • s5157

    s5157

    • ARTIST: Dietz Edzard (Germany, 1893-1963)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Ballerines
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1930
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 73 x 60 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p3329

    p3329

    • ARTIST: Yannis Tsarouchis (Greece, 1910-1989)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Sailor dancing Zeibekiko, two hats hanging, 07/02/1981
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, gouache on paper painted white
    • DATE: 1981
    • DIMENSIONS: 36 x 23.2 cm
    • COMMENTS: Dated 07/02/1981
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece
    • DANCE FORM: popular, Zeibekiko, Greek, rebetiko
    • KEYWORDS: military
  • s0628

    s0628

    • ARTIST: Parys (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Le carnaval à Paris - A Bullier The carnival in Paris (- Dans Grenelle - Au bal de l'Opéra - Au Boulevard)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1882
    • DIMENSIONS: 28.9 x 20.9 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: popular
    • KEYWORDS: disguise
  • p2782

    p2782

    • TITLE OF WORK: Vaud- Waadt
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1915
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Switzerland
    • DANCE FORM: folk
  • p4385

    p4385

  • p2801

    p2801

    • ARTIST: Elli Solomonidi-Balanou (Greece)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The Herodus Atticus Theater
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, black ink on paper
    • DATE: 1960
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece, Athens
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s2466

    s2466

    • TITLE OF WORK: The Lancers' quadrille (Le quadrille des Lanciers)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1857
    • DIMENSIONS: 21 x 23 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom, couple
  • s2918

    s2918

    • ARTIST: Jean Bérain the Elder (France, 1638-1711) (drawing); J. Le Pautre (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: "Love's triumph" ballet - Dress representing the Mystery of Ballet ("Le triomphe de l'Amour" ballet - Habit représentant le Mystère du Ballet)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1680
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet, theatrical, stage
  • p3027

    p3027

    • ARTIST: Valentine Gross Hugo (France, 1887-1968)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color pencils on grey paper
    • DATE: 1913
    • COMMENTS: Compare with other version
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: modern, solo
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • p3485

    p3485

    • TITLE OF WORK: Untitled
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1957
    • DIMENSIONS: 15.5 x 10.5
  • s3348

    s3348

    • ARTIST: Sophia Tselou
    • TITLE OF WORK: Greek folk dancers
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 2002
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece
    • DANCE FORM: folk, couple
  • p9722

    p9722

    • ARTIST: Henri-Théophile Hildibrand (1824-1897)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Pictures from Japan: Harvest dance of the priests in the temple Odji Gonghen (Bilder aus Japan: Erntetanz der Priester im Tempel Odji Gonghen)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1870
    • DIMENSIONS: 15.8 x 23.4 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Japan
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, stage
    • KEYWORDS: religion
  • p9941

    p9941

    • ARTIST: Ivan Generali? (Croatia, 1914-1992)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance in the village (Danse au village)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on glass
    • DATE: 1969
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Yugoslavia
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, couple
  • s2220

    s2220

    • ARTIST: Edouard Riou (France 1833-1900) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The dance (La danse)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1891
    • DIMENSIONS: 15.8 x 23.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: Illustration for the article "Du Niger au Golfe de Guinée" by Captain Binger (1887-1889)
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Guinea
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • s1480

    s1480

    • ARTIST: José Simont (Spain, 1875-1968) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The "Sailors' joint" (La "Boîte à matelots")
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1933
    • DIMENSIONS: 21.5 x 16.2 cm
    • COMMENTS: Illustration for the article "Le nouveau décor des nuits parisiennes" by Robert de Beauplan
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: stage, duo
  • s2776

    s2776

    • ARTIST: Edmond Morin (France, 1824-1882) (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Farandole executed in the presence of Their Majesties in the amphitheater of Arles (Farandole dansée en présence de Leurs Majestés dams l'amphithéâtre d'Arles)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, wood
    • DATE: 1860
    • DIMENSIONS: 22.5 x 32.3 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Arles
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, popular, Farandole
    • KEYWORDS: royalty
  • p3310

    p3310

    • ARTIST: Yannis Tsarouchis (Greece, 1910-1989)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Naked dancer in painted black background
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pastel on paper
    • DATE: 1979
    • DIMENSIONS: 28.6 x 22.4 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece
    • DANCE FORM: popular
  • p8276

    p8276

    • TITLE OF WORK: Children's ball in the Pré Catalan, Bois de Boulogne, Paris
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1866
    • DIMENSIONS: 23.8 x 34.3 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: popular, round
    • KEYWORDS: child
  • p0902

    p0902

    • ARTIST: Josep Clarà i Ayats (Spain, 1878-1958)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1900
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 31 x 24 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • p9566

    p9566

    • ARTIST: Angelo Jank (Germany, 1868-1940) (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Round dance (Ringelreigen)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1899
    • DIMENSIONS: 24.9 x 19.9 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: popular, round
    • KEYWORDS: child
  • p3375

    p3375

    • ARTIST: Edward Burra (U.K., 1905-1976)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Don Quixote": Village Girls
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1950
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet, flamenco, Spanish dance
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • p6032

    p6032

    • TITLE OF WORK: Scene from a cingalese comedy (Scène de comédie cinghalaise)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1886
    • DIMENSIONS: 22.5 x 26 cm
    • COMMENTS: Les cinghalais au Jardin d'Acclimatation (The Cinghalese at the Jardin d'Acclimatation)
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ceylon, Sri Lanka
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, folk
    • KEYWORDS: theater
  • p4189

    p4189

    • ARTIST: Gennaro Befani (Italy, 1866-1949)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Jugglers (Balladins)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1900
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
  • p4947

    p4947

    • ARTIST: Aslan or Alain Gourdon (France, 1930-2014)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Casino de Paris. Grand spectacle review by Roland Petit with Lisette Malidor (Casino de Paris. Revue à grand spectacle de Roland Petit avec Lisette Malidor)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color, poster
    • DATE: 1973
    • DIMENSIONS: 75 x 38 cm
    • COMMENTS: Lisette was an usherette selling programs at the Casino de Paris. She was called suddenly to replace Zizi Jeanmaire, though she had never done acting, singing or dancing before.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
  • s4335

    s4335

    • ARTIST: Tuser
    • TITLE OF WORK: By cana. Pilar Lopez and Alejandro Vega (Por cana. Pilar Lopez y Alejandro Vega)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color, postcard
    • DATE: 1950
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain, Andalucia
    • DANCE FORM: Por Cana, traditional, couple, flamenco, Spanish dance
  • p7232

    p7232

    • ARTIST: Carl Huth (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The children's carnival in the Casino of Basel (Der Kinderkarneval in Casino zu Basel)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1870
    • DIMENSIONS: 22.4 x 31.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Switzerland
    • DANCE FORM: popular
    • KEYWORDS: child
  • p3560

    p3560

    • ARTIST: Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (Russia, 1806-1858)
    • TITLE OF WORK: October festival in Rome. Inviting to the dance.
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1842
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy, Russia
    • DANCE FORM: popular
  • s4310

    s4310

    • ARTIST: David Vinckboons (Netherlands, 1576-1632?)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The butter fair (Die Boter Cermis)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on copper
    • DATE: 1600
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: The Butter Fair was held in the spring when the cattle were producing their richest milk for churning butter.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Flanders, Holland, Belgium
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • s1468

    s1468

    • ARTIST: Ricardo Marin (Spain, 1874-1942) (sketch)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Two attitudes of the Gomez dancers at the Casino de Paris (Deux attitudes des danseurs Gomez au Casino de Paris)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1932
    • DIMENSIONS: 8 x 14 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain, France
    • DANCE FORM: stage, duo, Spanish dance

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