Dance History Gallery

D.H.G. (Dance History Gallery)

Dance History Gallery
  • p6058

    p6058

    • TITLE OF WORK: Csardas (Czàrdàs)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1850
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Hungary
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • s4724

    s4724

    • ARTIST: Helen Maria Campbell née MacDonald (Canada, 1810-1899)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Indian dance at Government House Fredericton on New Year's Day
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil
    • DATE: 1834
    • DIMENSIONS: 23 x 29 cm
    • COMMENTS: The artist was the wife of General Sir Archibald Campbell, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1831 to 1837.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Canada, New Brunswick
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, round
    • KEYWORDS: drum
  • p3024

    p3024

    • ARTIST: Auguste-François Gorguet (France, 1862-1927)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The dances of Isadora Duncan (Les danses d'Isadora Duncan)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color
    • DATE: 1909
    • DIMENSIONS: 31 x 22 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., France
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • p1931

    p1931

    • ARTIST: Alexandre Lunois (France, 1863-1916)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Night feast on the board of the Guadalquivir
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1905
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, flamenco, Spanish dance
  • p4291

    p4291

    • ARTIST: Katsugawa Shuntei (Japan, 1785?-1825)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Young Kabuki dancers rehearsing
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1801
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Japan
    • KEYWORDS: theater
  • p2570

    p2570

    • ARTIST: Antoine Roy (drawing); A. Colette (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Catarina Beretta. Imperial Academy of Music (Catarina Beretta. Académie Impériale de Musique.)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1855
    • DIMENSIONS: 16.2 x 13.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: Les théâtres de Paris.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p9468

    p9468

    • ARTIST: Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Russian Ballets (Ballets Russes)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1923
    • COMMENTS: Frontispiece of Ballets Russes souvenir-program in Monte Carlo, 1923-1924 season
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, Monaco, Monte Carlo
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: program
  • s3825

    s3825

    • ARTIST: Georges Wolinski (France, 1934-2015)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Thursday 20 July at 22 hours. Municipal Theater. The Ramon Oller Company of Dansa Metros "Sol a soles"-2 (Jeudi 20 juillet 22H. Théâtre Municipal. Ramon Oller Company de Dansa Metros "Sol a soles"(2))
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, sketch
    • DATE: 1989
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Arles
    • DANCE FORM: modern
  • s1206

    s1206

    • TITLE OF WORK: Moles and voles (Taupes et mulots)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1855
    • DIMENSIONS: 16.5 x 22.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: Illustration for an article
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: popular, traditional, round
    • KEYWORDS: fire, child,
  • s2323

    s2323

    • ARTIST: Anthony Nellé (U.S.A., 1894-1977)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Set design for "Bull fight"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1932
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Poland, U.S.A.
  • p4643

    p4643

    • TITLE OF WORK: Student party in the concert hall of the City Inn (Studentenredoute im Konzertsaal des Ratskellers Halle)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, gouache
    • DATE: 1750
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
  • p3940

    p3940

    • ARTIST: Luis Covarrubias (Mexico, 1919-1987)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Mexican native dances
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1960
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 25 x 17.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: Book cover
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Mexico
    • DANCE FORM: Traditional, solo
    • KEYWORDS: Indians, Native Americans
  • s4701

    s4701

    • ARTIST: Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Study of dancers (Etude de danseuses) - 2
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, colored pencil and fusain on paper
    • DATE: 1900
    • DIMENSIONS: 15.3 x 23.3 cm
    • COMMENTS: One of several pages from the same note book
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: solo, popular
  • p0342

    p0342

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Study of a dancer (Etude de danseuse)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, gouache
    • DATE: 1880
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p6008

    p6008

    • TITLE OF WORK: Oriental dance scene
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1900
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, Oriental
  • s2967

    s2967

    • ARTIST: Marguerite Acarin "Akarova" (Belgium, 1904-1999)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Design for "Tzigane" by Ravel
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color
    • DATE: 1938
    • COMMENTS: Akarova, Belgian dancer, choreographer, and artist, was called "the Belgian Isadora Duncan"
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Belgium
    • DANCE FORM: modern
  • p2207

    p2207

    • TITLE OF WORK: The English Lady (L'Anglaise)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1824
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: A variation of the quadrille
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom
  • s4349

    s4349

    • TITLE OF WORK: Maiden dancing with kerchiefs. Musicians and singers
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, mural, fresco
    • DATE: 1631
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Byzantium, Greece, Epirus
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, popular, solo
  • s5985

    s5985

    • TITLE OF WORK: Nude Satyr playing a double flute and drunken Satyr dancing at the tips of his toes
    • TYPE OF WORK: Mosaic
    • DATE: -125
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • COMMENTS: Loated in the House of the Masks
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Delos
    • KEYWORDS: Satyr
  • p7846

    p7846

    • TITLE OF WORK: La Péri. Souvenir of the theater No. 1 (La Péri. Souvenir du théâtre No. 1)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1844
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p8259

    p8259

    • TITLE OF WORK: Sketches at the Painters' Masque, Royal Institute: The gavotte
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1887
    • DIMENSIONS: 21 x 23.3 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom, court
    • KEYWORDS: disguise
  • p1859

    p1859

    • ARTIST: Paul-Émile Bécat (France, 1885-1960)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Spanish dancer (3)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, colored
    • DATE: 1920
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, flamenco, Spanish dance
  • p6398

    p6398

    • TITLE OF WORK: Antonia Mercé, "Argentina"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color, poster
    • DATE: 1910
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, folk, flamenco, Spanish dance
  • s2005

    s2005

    • TITLE OF WORK: Musical Moment by Tortola Valencia (Momento musical por Tortola Valencia)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, watercolor
    • DATE: 1920
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: For the dance of the Nuptial Moment by F. Schubert
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: modern
  • s1619

    s1619

    • ARTIST: Yves Saint Laurent (France, 1936-2008)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Notre Dame de Paris": Les Soldats
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1965
    • COMMENTS: "Notre Dame de Paris", ballet. Ballets Roland Petit, Opéra de Paris
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • p7046

    p7046

    • TITLE OF WORK: Scene from the ballet "Sylvia ou La nymphe de Diane" (Scene from the ballet "Sylvia ou La nymphe de Diane")
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1876
    • DIMENSIONS: 31 x 22.8 cm
    • COMMENTS: "Sylvia ou La nymphe de Diane", ballet in 3 acts and 5 scenes. Théâtre de l'Opéra
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s4004

    s4004

    • TITLE OF WORK: The hula interpreted illustrated. Ka'Holo'Moana
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
    • DATE: 1960
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Hawaii, U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: hula, traditional, popular
  • p9178

    p9178

    • ARTIST: Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "Pulcinella"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil on paper
    • DATE: 1920
    • COMMENTS: "Pulcinella", ballet with songs in one scene, by the Ballets Russes. Music by Pergolese arranged by Igor Stravisnky, story by S. Diaghilev after a manuscript dated 1700 discovered by himself in Naples
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy, Spain
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: scenery
  • s4285

    s4285

    • ARTIST: Armand Assus (France, 1892-1977)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The Jewish wedding (La noce juive)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1920
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 70 x 280 cm
    • COMMENTS: Study for one of the 8 fresques of the Foyer Civique of Algiers. Undated, signed at lower right.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Algeria, Algiers,
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, solo, Oriental
  • p4301

    p4301

    • TITLE OF WORK: Carlotta Grisi and Lucien Petipa in "Le pas des vendanges" of the ballet "Giselle"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1841
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p7779

    p7779

    • TITLE OF WORK: The Shamit Reel
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1836
    • COMMENTS: A Foursome Reel at a wedding in the Elgin district
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, foursome reel
  • s4676

    s4676

    • ARTIST: Georges Barbier (France, 1882-1932)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance scene
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1900
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity
    • DANCE FORM: solo
    • KEYWORDS: nude, flute
  • p9531

    p9531

    • ARTIST: Gyula Tornai (Hungary, 1861-1928)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Salome dancing before King Herod
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1895
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 68 x 130 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed with monogram
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Hungary
    • DANCE FORM: Oriental, solo, stage
    • KEYWORDS: Salome, religion, Bible
  • p1091

    p1091

    • ARTIST: Max Beckmann (Germany, 1884-1950)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance couples in the restaurant Kaiserkeller in Franfurt a. M. (Tanzpaare im Restaurant Kaiserkeller in Franfurt a. M.)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, ink with feather
    • DATE: 1920
    • DIMENSIONS: 22.3 x 28.8 cm
    • COMMENTS: The Kaiserkeller restaurant was at the 29 Kaiserstrasse in Franfurt. Beckmann went often there.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany, Frankfurt
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom, couple
  • p7608

    p7608

    • ARTIST: Bella Raftopoulou (Greece, (1907-1992)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Female dancer, after an ancient Greek vase
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1925
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: From a series of drawings made for the Delphic Festivals, organized in Delphi, Greece, by Angelos Sikelianos and Eva Palmer-Sikelianos
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, Greece
  • p6321

    p6321

    • TITLE OF WORK: The tarantella (La tatantelle)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1850
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Italy
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p4431

    p4431

    • ARTIST: Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (France, 1861-1929)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan - Frénésie IV
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1911
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., France
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • p0380

    p0380

    • TITLE OF WORK: Two nymphs dancing with Amors (Deux nymphes dansant avec Amors)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting on a wooden panel
    • DATE: 1790
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 35 x 43 cm
    • COMMENTS: Painter of the French school
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, France
  • p5076

    p5076

    • TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Liliane Montevecchi
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1980
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Meneuse de revue aux Folies-Bergère et à Las Vegas
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, U.S.A., Paris
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
    • KEYWORDS: portrait
  • p2359

    p2359

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Two dancers (Deux danseuses)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1897
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p3082

    p3082

    • TITLE OF WORK: Ode to Mrs. Vining
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1830
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Mrs Vining appeared in the Celebrated Dance from The Grand Romance of "Cherry and Fair Star". Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, 1823.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., London
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s5613

    s5613

    • TITLE OF WORK: Bronze statuette of a dancing Lar
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, bronze
    • DATE: 50
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 11.1 cm
    • COMMENTS: Imperial Roman period
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Rome, Italy
    • DANCE FORM: solo
  • p5455

    p5455

    • TITLE OF WORK: Figure of the cotillon (Figure de cotillon)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1845
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom
  • p7508

    p7508

    • ARTIST: Majeska
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1942
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: modern, solo
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • p1888

    p1888

    • TITLE OF WORK: Spanish dance -1)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1790
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, bolero, Spanish dance
  • s1970

    s1970

    • ARTIST: Jerry M. Halsor (U.S.A., 19??-)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Encore
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, bronze, patina
    • DATE: 1990
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 58.4 cm height
    • COMMENTS: Numbered 21
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p6741

    p6741

    • ARTIST: Réné Gruau (Italy, 1909-2004)
    • TITLE OF WORK: "French Cancan". Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, Maria Felix, Jean Renoir
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color, poster
    • DATE: 1954
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
    • KEYWORDS: cinema
  • p2296

    p2296

    • ARTIST: John Singer Sargent (U.S.A., 1856-1925)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Spanish dancer
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1880
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 22.9 x 151.1 cm
    • COMMENTS: Sold for $ 7,592.500 on 25/05/1994
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain, U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: Spanish dance ?
  • p7116

    p7116

    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancers and musicians
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature, color
    • DATE: 1579
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Mexico
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p6279

    p6279

    • ARTIST: Francis Picabia (France, 1879-1953)
    • TITLE OF WORK: French cancan dancer (Danseuse de french-cancan)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil on paper
    • DATE: 1939
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 29 x 22 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall

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