TITLE OF WORK: Revel. A procession of five men. Pottery: red-figured bell-krater
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, pottery, red-figured bell-krater vase
DATE: -430
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 38.1 height; 41.91 cm diameter
COMMENTS: Made in Attica, found in the Fikellura Cemetery, Kamiros, Rhodes. five men, four of whom move to left: one in the centre, resting his right on a staff, with mantle on left arm and round right thigh,
TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Le tricorne"
TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color
DATE: 1919
COMMENTS: Ballet "Le tricorne"; first performed at the Alhambra Theatre, London, on 22/07/1919. Distribution: Léonide Massine (The miller), Tamara Karsavina (The miller's wife), Léon Woizikowsky (The corregidor
COMMENTS: In the accompanying illustration there is abundance of music, feasting, torchlight, and dancers; and the owner of the mansion is brought in with triumph to grace the festival.
TITLE OF WORK: An unexpected spectacle on the stage of the Comédie-Française: the quadrille dancing the Moulin Rouge "French Can can" at the charity ball organized by the Association of Dramatic Artists
ARTIST: François Huet-Villiers (France, 1772-1813) (drawing)
TITLE OF WORK: André Jean-Jacques Deshayes and James Harvey d'Egville in "Achille et Déidamie"
TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color
DATE: 1804
COMMENTS: Deshayes danced the role of Achilles disguised as a handmaiden of the Princess Deidamia for this pas de deux. King's Theatre 31/01/1804. Music by Peter von Winter.A variant of this print was issued sh
TITLE OF WORK: Mlle Dimier as Spanish Woman in the ballet "Paquita"
TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
DATE: 1846
COMMENTS: "Paquita", ballet-pantomime in two acts by Paul Foucher and Mazillier, music by Mr. Delvedez, presented for the first time on 01/04/1846 at the Theater of the Royal Academy of Music (Opéra), Paris
ARTIST: Giovanni Mauro della Rovere (Italy, 1575?-1640?) (drawing); Leone Pallavicini (engraving)
TITLE OF WORK: Dance step
TYPE OF WORK: Print
DATE: 1604
COMMENTS: The cordon is used for the dancer to suport himself. Cesare Negri was born in Milan in 1530 and danced on board a warship to entertain the admirals after their victorious battle of Lepanto in 1571.
