D.H.G. (Dance History Gallery)

p7836

• ARTIST: Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx (Italy, 15??-1587?)
• TITLE OF WORK: "Comic ballet of the Queen" - Three of the four virtues ("Ballet comique de la Reine" - Trois des quatre vertus)
• TYPE OF WORK: Print
• DATE: 1592
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
• DANCE FORM: court, ballet

p1229

• ARTIST: Sonia Delaunay (France, 1885-1979)
• TITLE OF WORK: Dancer (Danseuse) 4
• TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
• DATE: 1916
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris

s0533

• ARTIST: Renato Guttuso (Italy, 1912-1987)
• TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Sei danze per Demetra" (Six dances for Demeter), by Aurel Milloss
• TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color
• DATE: 1958
• COMMENTS: "Sei danze per Demetra" (Six dances for Demeter), a ballet choreographed by Aurel Milloss, music by Angelo Musco; first presented at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo on 05/03/1958.
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, Italy, Palermo, Greece
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet
• KEYWORDS: costume

s2762

• ARTIST: Nadar or Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (France, 1820-1910) (drawing)
• TITLE OF WORK: And in the evening you can go to dance gaily in the house of Madame la Marquess de Follemèche (Et le soir vous pouvez aller danser gaiement chez madame la marquise de Follemèche)
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, wood
• DATE: 1850
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• DIMENSIONS: 9 x 5.4 cm
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
• DANCE FORM: ballroom, couple
• KEYWORDS: humor, caricature, cartoon

p9350

• ARTIST: Alexander Nikolaevich Benois (Russia, 1870-1960)
• TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "Giselle". Pas de deux
• TYPE OF WORK: Painting, gouache, pen and india ink on tracing paper
• DATE: 1924
• DIMENSIONS: 50 x 63.5 cm
• COMMENTS: "Giselle", ballet presented at the Opera of Paris on 13/11/1924. Inscribed "pas de deux dansé par Mme. Spessitseva and M.". The male dancer Bakst did not mention was Serge Lifar.
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, France
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet
• KEYWORDS: scenery

s4530

• ARTIST: Jean Pierre Pribilois
• TITLE OF WORK: The dancer, or Nijinsky (2)
• TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color
• DATE: 2005
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy
• DANCE FORM: modern, solo

s2999

• ARTIST: Jean-Jacques Gailliard (Belgium, 1890-1976)
• TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Ida Rubinstein
• TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
• DATE: 1925
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Belgium
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet, modern
• KEYWORDS: portrait

p1058

• ARTIST: Henry Bataille (France, 1872-1922)
• TITLE OF WORK: Program cover for the drama "Ton sang" (Your blood) by Henry Bataille
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
• DATE: 1897
• DIMENSIONS: 35.2 x 27.5 cm
• DANCE FORM: ballroom

p1773

• ARTIST: Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky (Russia, 1839-1915)
• TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Maria Petipa
• TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
• DATE: 1890
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• DIMENSIONS: 53.5 x 44.5 cm
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet
• KEYWORDS: portrait

p2310

• ARTIST: Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (France, 1724-1780)
• TITLE OF WORK: Momus (Momos)
• TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, colored
• DATE: 1752
• COMMENTS: Momos, god of joking, is represented here as ballet dancer. He holds in his hand an announcement for a ball in Saint Cloud
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet
• KEYWORDS: religion

p4959

• TITLE OF WORK: The Bayaderes dance, executed by Messrs. Chapman, Pollyoaf and Taylor (Der Bajaderentanz, ausgeführt von den Herren Chapman, Pollyoaf und Taylor)
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
• DATE: 1844
• DIMENSIONS: 10 x 16 cm
• COMMENTS: From the English circus Asrley
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany, U.K.
• DANCE FORM: music-hall

s5500

• TITLE OF WORK: Janine Charrat & Milorad Miskovitch. Ballet International de Paris
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, poster
• DATE: 1965
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
• DANCE FORM: ballet
• KEYWORDS: poster

s5747

• TITLE OF WORK: Female dancer (Danseuse)
• TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, figurine
• DATE: -250
• DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
• DIMENSIONS: 21 x 8.4 cm
• COMMENTS: From Southern Italy
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Italy
• DANCE FORM: solo

p7997

• ARTIST: Leon Bakst (Russia, 1866-1924)
• TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Papillons": Girl in the Yellow Dress
• TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil and watercolor, laid on cardboard
• DATE: 1912
• COMMENTS: "Papillons" ballet. Scenario by Fokine, music by Schumann orchestrated by Tchérépine, choreography by Fokine, costumes by Leon Bakst, scenery by Doboujinsky. First performed by the Diaghilev's Ballets
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, Monaco
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet
• KEYWORDS: costume

s4129

• TITLE OF WORK: Attic geometric oinochoe vase bearing incision mentioning dance
• TYPE OF WORK: Painting on pottery, trefoil oinochoe vase
• DATE: -740
• DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
• DIMENSIONS: 23 cm height
• COMMENTS: The inscription says: "… to whom of all the dancers most lightly dances…" ??? ??? ???????? ?????? ????????? ?????? ????…. The vase was the prize for a dancer at an event. This is the earliest known i
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Attica, Athens
• KEYWORDS: inscription

p5436

• ARTIST: Alexandre Casaubon
• TITLE OF WORK: Carnival procession at Ustaritz (Cortège de carnaval à Ustaritz)
• TYPE OF WORK: Painting
• DATE: 1905
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Basque Country
• DANCE FORM: traditional

s2554

• ARTIST: Auguste Gérardin (France, 1849-1924?) (drawing)
• TITLE OF WORK: The procession of Tarasque - The farandole (La procession de la Tarasque - La farandole)
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, monochrome
• DATE: 1887
• DIMENSIONS: 20.2 x 30 cm
• COMMENTS: Les Fêtes du Soleil au Palais de l'Industrie
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
• DANCE FORM: farandole, traditional, line

p9619

• ARTIST: Henri Gervex (France, 1852-1929) (painting); M. Valette (engraving)
• TITLE OF WORK: Return from the ball (Retour du bal)
• TYPE OF WORK: Print
• DATE: 1880
• DIMENSIONS: 22.3 x 32 cm
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
• DANCE FORM: ballroom, couple

s1703

• ARTIST: Theodor Aman (Romania, 1831-1891)
• TITLE OF WORK: The Union Hora in Craiova
• TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
• DATE: 1857
• DIMENSIONS: 84 x 117 cm
• COMMENTS: Signed and dated with red paint in the lower left corner
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Romania, Craiova
• DANCE FORM: traditional, round

p8120

• TITLE OF WORK: Scene from the ballet "The butterfly". Saint Petersburg, Grand Theater
• TYPE OF WORK: Print
• DATE: 1874
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet

p4146

• ARTIST: Antoine Pesne (France, 1683-1757)
• TITLE OF WORK: The dancer Barberina (La Barbarina)
• TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil
• DATE: 1745
• DIMENSIONS: 221 x 140 cm
• COMMENTS: with text (source 2)
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet, solo
• KEYWORDS: tambourine

p9724

• ARTIST: Eugène Lami (France, 1800-1890)
• TITLE OF WORK: The Chahut at the Opera ball, 1851 (Le chahut au bal de l'Opéra, 1851)
• TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor
• DATE: 1851
• DIMENSIONS: 15.5 x 23 cm
• COMMENTS: Signed and dated 1851
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
• DANCE FORM: ballroom, popular

s5358

s1719

• ARTIST: Edward St. John Gorey (U.S.A., 1925-2000)
• TITLE OF WORK: (Ballet dancer)
• TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
• DATE: 1965
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• COMMENTS: Edward Gorey was a fanatic follower of the New York City Ballet from 1957 to 1982
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet

p9754

• ARTIST: Salvador Dalí (Spain, 1904-1989)
• TITLE OF WORK: Flamenco dancers (Danseurs de flamenco)
• TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen and brush and Indian ink on paper
• DATE: 1943
• DIMENSIONS: 97 x 70 cm
• COMMENTS: Signed and dated "1943"
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain, France
• DANCE FORM: flamenco, Spanish dance, duo, traditional, stage

s4941

• ARTIST: Jean-Michel Atlan (France, 1913-1960)
• TITLE OF WORK: African dance (La danse africaine)
• TYPE OF WORK: Painting
• DATE: 1959
• DIMENSIONS: 130 x 75.5 cm
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Africa
• DANCE FORM: traditional

p3141

• TITLE OF WORK: Lucile Grahn in "Catarina ou La fille du bandit"
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color
• DATE: 1870
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Denmark
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet

s2405

• TITLE OF WORK: Graphic motifs 50
• TYPE OF WORK: Print
• DATE: 1995
• KEYWORDS: clip art

p0988

• TITLE OF WORK: Four men dancing
• TYPE OF WORK: Painting, mural
• DATE: 1800
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Byzantium, Greece, Athos

p1973

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

p2435

• ARTIST: Max Beckmann (Germany, 1884-1950)
• TITLE OF WORK: Nude dance (Nackttanz)
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
• DATE: 1922
• DIMENSIONS: 47.2 x 37.5 cm
• COMMENTS: Leaf no. 4 of the collection "Berliner Reise" (Berlin journey)
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany, Berlin
• DANCE FORM: music-hall

p7758

• ARTIST: Lacour
• TITLE OF WORK: Pauline Leroux in "The devil in love"
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
• DATE: 1850
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., France
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet

s3587

• ARTIST: Gyula Rudnay (Hungary, 1878-1957)
• TITLE OF WORK: Dancers (Tàncolòk)
• TYPE OF WORK: Painting
• DATE: 1920
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• DIMENSIONS: 57 x 52 cm
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Hungary
• DANCE FORM: traditional, couple

p5584

• TITLE OF WORK: War dance in Africa
• TYPE OF WORK: Print
• DATE: 1860
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Africa
• DANCE FORM: traditional
• KEYWORDS: military

p6574

• ARTIST: François-Emile Decorchemenont (France, 1880-1971)
• TITLE OF WORK: Loïe Fuller
• TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, glass
• DATE: 1912
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., France
• DANCE FORM: music-hall

p4502

• ARTIST: Markos Zarikos (Greece)
• TITLE OF WORK: Pontic dance (Pontiakos)
• TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, tempera
• DATE: 1993
• DIMENSIONS: 70 x 100 cm
• COMMENTS: From the series "Ta choreftika", published in a booklet for the New Year 1993
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece
• DANCE FORM: traditional, pontic

p0754

• ARTIST: Gilbert Gaul (U.S.A., 1855-1919)
• TITLE OF WORK: American Indian "ghost dance"
• TYPE OF WORK: Painting
• DATE: 1890
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
• DANCE FORM: traditional
• KEYWORDS: Indians, Native Americans

p0004

• ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
• TITLE OF WORK: Two dancers at rest (Deux danseuses au repos)
• TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pastel and charcoal on chamois paper
• DATE: 1911
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• DIMENSIONS: 78 x 96 cm
• COMMENTS: Stamp of the atelier Degas (Lugt 658) at lower left
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet

s2630

• ARTIST: François-Auguste Biard (France, 1799-1882) (sketch); Riou (drawing)
• TITLE OF WORK: German musicians on board the "Tyne" (Musiciens allemands à bord du "Tyne")
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, wood
• DATE: 1861
• DIMENSIONS: 10 x 16 cm
• COMMENTS: Illustration for the article "Voyage au Brésil" by Biard, 1858-1859
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
• DANCE FORM: ballroom, couple
• KEYWORDS: sea, ship

s6008

• TITLE OF WORK: Female dancer with castanets
• TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, figurine, copper alloy
• DATE: -590
• DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
• DIMENSIONS: 7 cm
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Egypt

p8624

• TITLE OF WORK: Dancers. Admiranda Ancient Rome (Danseuses. Admiranda Rom. Antiq.)
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
• DATE: 1750
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• DIMENSIONS: 32 x 41.5 cm
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, Greece, Italy, Rome

p4399

• ARTIST: Godefroy Durand (France, 1832-1920) (drawing)
• TITLE OF WORK: A bal given by the ambassador of China (Bal donné par l'ambassadeur de Chine)
• TYPE OF WORK: Print
• DATE: 1869
• DIMENSIONS: 16 x 23 cm
• COMMENTS: Bal donné par l'ambassadeur de Chine, M. Burlingame à l'hôtel de l'Ambassade
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
• DANCE FORM: ballroom, couple

s0399

• ARTIST: J. Raymond de Baux (drawing)
• TITLE OF WORK: Marie Taglioni as Fantasy in the ballet "Ellinor", act 1, scene 1 (Marie Taglioni als Phantasie im Ballet "Ellinor", 1. Act, 1. Tableau)
• TYPE OF WORK: Print
• DATE: 1861
• DIMENSIONS: 11.6 x 8 cm
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany, Italy, France
• DANCE FORM: ballet, solo

p3936

• TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Lola Montez
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
• DATE: 1847
• COMMENTS: This is probably the portrait Lola Montez sent to King Ludwig of Bavaria from London
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany, U.K.
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet, Spanish dance
• KEYWORDS: portrait

p8427

• ARTIST: Wilhelm Gause (Austria, 1853-1916) (drawing)
• TITLE OF WORK: The veils' dance of the odalisque (Der Schleiertanz der Odaliske)
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
• DATE: 1901
• DIMENSIONS: 13 x 10.5 cm
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Germany
• DANCE FORM: Oriental, popular

s2188

• ARTIST: Anthony Nellé (U.S.A., 1894-1977)
• TITLE OF WORK: Set design for "La Gioconda" ballet III Parody, night
• TYPE OF WORK: Painting
• DATE: 1928
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Poland, U.S.A.

p9117

• ARTIST: Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov (Russia, 1881-1964)
• TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "Soleil de nuit" (Midnight sun)
• TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor on paper
• DATE: 1915
• COMMENTS: "Soleil de nuit", ballet in one act created by the Ballets Russes in Paris. Music from the opera "Snegourotchka" by Rimsky-Korsakov, choreography by L. Massine, décors and costumes by M. Larionov
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, France, Paris
• DANCE FORM: classical ballet
• KEYWORDS: scenery

p1556

• TITLE OF WORK: Greek round dance (Ronde grecque)
• TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
• DATE: 1860
• DATE DETAILS: approx.
• DIMENSIONS: 3.5 x 5 cm
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece
• DANCE FORM: traditional, round

s1056

• TITLE OF WORK: The Spanish dancers at the Haymarket Theatre.
• TYPE OF WORK: Print
• DATE: 1855
• DIMENSIONS: 15.3 x 24 cm
• COMMENTS: The Senora Perea Nena and Senor Marcos Diaz in the grotesque ballet "The Galician fête"
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain, Galicia, U.K., London
• DANCE FORM: stage, Spanish dance
• KEYWORDS: castanets

s1275

• ARTIST: Lionel James (sketch); W. T. Maud (drawing)
• TITLE OF WORK: Christmas eve in Damascus
• TYPE OF WORK: Print
• DATE: 1899
• DIMENSIONS: 30.5 x 22.2 cm
• LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Syria, Damascus, Damas
• DANCE FORM: stage, solo