Dance History Gallery

D.H.G. (Dance History Gallery)

Dance History Gallery
  • s3022

    s3022

    • ARTIST: Georges Scott (France, (1873-1943) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The Gaite Theatre - "Voyage in the moon", opera extravaganza in four acts (Théâtre de la Gaîté - "Le voyage dans la lune", opéra-féerie en quatre actes)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, wood
    • DATE: 1875
    • DIMENSIONS: 47.3 x 31.7 cm
    • COMMENTS: Paroles de MM. Van Loo, Leterrier et A. Mortier - Musique de J. Offfenbach - Décors de MM. Cornill, Fromont et chéret - Costumes de M. Grévin
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: ballet, stage
    • KEYWORDS: moon, telescope
  • p0432

    p0432

    • ARTIST: Epiktetos Painter (Greece, 500?-400? BC)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Professional girl dancer and flutist. Attic cup
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting on pottery, red-figure vase
    • DATE: -520
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 12.2 x 41 x 32.5 diam.
    • COMMENTS: Interior: Within a thin red circle, dancing girl and fluteplayer. A youth (wreathed, mantle on left shoulder, phorbeia over mouth) steps in time to right, playing flutes; before him dances a girl with
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Attica
    • DANCE FORM: solo
    • KEYWORDS: flute
  • s5121

    s5121

    • TITLE OF WORK: Fan dance
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1635
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Japan
    • DANCE FORM: female, solo
    • KEYWORDS: fan
  • p0550

    p0550

    • ARTIST: Daniel Rabel (France, 1578-1637) (atributed to)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Ballet of the fairies of the woods of Saint-Germain ("Ballet des fées des forests de Saint-Germain")
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1625
    • COMMENTS: A ballet danced by king Louis the 13th in the Louvre on 11/02/1625.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: court
    • KEYWORDS: royalty
  • s0253

    s0253

    • ARTIST: Paul Adolphe Kauffmann or Peka (1849-1940) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Pictures from the World Exhibition in Paris: The Javanese Kampong - village. Javanese dancers (Bilder aus der pariser Weltausstellung: Das javanische Kampong - Dorf. Javanische Tänzerinnen)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, wood
    • DATE: 1889
    • DIMENSIONS: 16 x 22 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Java, Indonesia, France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: stage, traditional
  • p4498

    p4498

    • ARTIST: Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (France, 1861-1929)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan. Project for a monument
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, stucco
    • DATE: 1915
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., France
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • p4686

    p4686

    • ARTIST: Nicolas Lancret (France, 1690-1743)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance scene
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1750
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 58.5 x 68.6 cm
    • COMMENTS: A figure of the minuet called "tour de main"
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: court
  • p6445

    p6445

    • TITLE OF WORK: A ball from the great world - Second series (Ein Ball aus der grossen Welt - Zweite Serie)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1862
    • DIMENSIONS: 24 x 24 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom
  • s4209

    s4209

    • ARTIST: Ferdinand Freiherr von ?ezní?ek (Austria, 1868-1909)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Carnival (Karneval)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color
    • DATE: 1906
    • DIMENSIONS: 38 x 27 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: popular, couple, ballroom
  • s4714

    s4714

    • ARTIST: Amadeo Preziosi (Malta, 1816-1882)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Calusari dancers at the Mosi May fair
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor
    • DATE: 1869
    • COMMENTS: Annotated 17 June 1869
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Romania
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p2498

    p2498

    • ARTIST: Schroeder (drawing); Andreas Geiger (lithograph)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Fanny Elssler as Fenella in the ballet "La muette de Portici"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1832
    • DIMENSIONS: 21.5 x 15 cm
    • COMMENTS: Austria, Vienna, Kärntnertortheater, 1832.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Austria, Vienna
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p7148

    p7148

    • TITLE OF WORK: Italian village dance
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1850
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, popular
  • p1906

    p1906

    • ARTIST: Ganté
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume of Sevilla (Costume de Séville)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color
    • DATE: 1880
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, bolero, Spanish dance
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • p3209

    p3209

    • ARTIST: Boris M. Froedman-Cluzel
    • TITLE OF WORK: Vaslav Nijinsky
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, bronze, brown patina
    • DATE: 1909
    • DIMENSIONS: 27 cm height
    • COMMENTS: Signed and dated "Saint Petersbourg 09"
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Russia
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p7678

    p7678

    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancer and flutist
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, mural
    • DATE: -50
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Italy, Pompei
    • KEYWORDS: music
  • s5744

    s5744

    • TITLE OF WORK: God Attis dancing (Attis dansant) -2
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, figurine
    • DATE: -250
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 17 cm height
    • COMMENTS: From Macedonia, Greece
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Macedonia
    • KEYWORDS: deity, god
  • s5523

    s5523

    • ARTIST: Clérice Frères (France, active circa 1850-1900)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Neither widow, nor joyous. Operetta, musc by Paul Fauchey (Ni veuve, ni joyeuse. Opérette, musique de Paul Fauchey)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, cover of a music score
    • DATE: 1910
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom, tango, couple
  • s3665

    s3665

    • ARTIST: Forret jeune
    • TITLE OF WORK: Scene from a ball (Scène de bal)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1841
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom, couple
  • s5745

    s5745

    • TITLE OF WORK: God Attis dancing, holding a flower (Attis dansant, une fleur à la main)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, figurine
    • DATE: -125
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 39.5 cm height
    • COMMENTS: Divinité d'origine orientale, Attis en a gardé le costume. Il est le compagnon de Cybèle, la Mère des Dieux. Pris de folie, il s'émascula au cours d'une danse orgiaque mais des fleurs continuent de fl
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece,
    • KEYWORDS: deity, god
  • s0432

    s0432

    • ARTIST: Otto Hierl-Deronco (Germany, 1859-1935) (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Spanish dancer (Spanische Tänzerin)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1904
    • DIMENSIONS: 31 x 18.9 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: stage, Spanish dance
    • KEYWORDS: portrait
  • p2679

    p2679

    • ARTIST: Auguste Rodin (France, 1840-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Cambodian dancer (Danseuse cambodgienne)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, lead pencil and watercolor
    • DATE: 1906
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Cambodia, France
  • p9750

    p9750

    • ARTIST: Edouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret (France, 1788-1875)
    • TITLE OF WORK: A view of the Bay of Naples
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1825
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 85 x 122 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed at lower left
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy, Naples, Napoli, France
    • DANCE FORM: couple, popular
  • p6264

    p6264

    • ARTIST: Josep Clarà i Ayats (Spain, 1878-1958)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan dancing "Moment musical" by Schubert
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
    • DATE: 1930
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 23.3 x 18.2 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., Spain, France
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • s3278

    s3278

    • ARTIST: Abraham Walkowitz (U.S.A., 1878-1965)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan study
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pastel
    • DATE: 1917
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: solo, modern
  • p7435

    p7435

    • ARTIST: Mayo
    • TITLE OF WORK: Serge Lifar in the ballet "La chatte"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1927
    • COMMENTS: Ballets Russes
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s5211

    s5211

    • ARTIST: Julio Romero de Torres (Spain, 1874-1930) (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: For Argentinita (Para Argentinita)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1930
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: flamenco, Spanish dance
  • p8325

    p8325

    • TITLE OF WORK: Fanny Cerrito in "Zélia", with Mme Copère in the foreground
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1844
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy, U.K., London
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p4760

    p4760

    • ARTIST: Eduard Ille (Germany, 1823-1900)
    • TITLE OF WORK: May dance (Maitanz)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil
    • DATE: 1800
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 18.5 x 31.8 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p3409

    p3409

    • ARTIST: Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russia, 1787-1839)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Methodist negroes sing spirituals at a gathering in Philadelphia
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor
    • DATE: 1810
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • KEYWORDS: religion, Black, African American
  • s3873

    s3873

    • ARTIST: Marianne von Werefkin (Russia, 1860-1938)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Alexander Sacharoff on a sofa
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, gouache
    • DATE: 1909
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ukraine, Germany
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: portrait
  • s2972

    s2972

    • ARTIST: Marcel-Louis Baugniet (Belgium, 1896-1995)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Design for a dance costume
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1926
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Belgium
    • DANCE FORM: modern
  • s4263

    s4263

    • TITLE OF WORK: Two female dancers of the Tang period, middle of the 7th century
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, white clay, enameled
    • DATE: 650
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 17 cm height
    • COMMENTS: Donation J. Polain
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: China
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, court, solo
  • s5053

    s5053

    • ARTIST: Elli Solomonidi-Balanou (Greece)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Scene from the performance of "Café Müller" presented by the dance theater of Wuperthal of Pina Bausch at Pireaus Street 260
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, sketch
    • DATE: 2006
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece, Germany
    • DANCE FORM: modern dance, dance theater
    • KEYWORDS: chairs
  • p6682

    p6682

    • TITLE OF WORK: "The tempest", a fantastic ballet by Jules Barbier and J. Hansen, music by Ambroise Thomas; Rosita Mauri. 6th scene: Le vaisseau
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1889
    • DIMENSIONS: 48 x 31 cm
    • COMMENTS: Théâtre de l'Opéra, Paris
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: ship, sea,
  • p2120

    p2120

    • ARTIST: Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov (Russia, 1881-1964)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Three dancers
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen and China ink
    • DATE: 1916
    • DIMENSIONS: 26.3 x 41.7 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Russia
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s4610

    s4610

    • ARTIST: Giulio Rosati (Italy, 1858-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The dance (La danza)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1900
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 45 x 70 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed and situated "Roma"
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient
    • DANCE FORM: Oriental, traditional, solo
    • KEYWORDS: tambourine
  • s4519

    s4519

    • TITLE OF WORK: Shiva as King of the Dancers
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, bronze, postcard
    • DATE: 1200
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: South India
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: India
    • DANCE FORM: solo, traditional
    • KEYWORDS: religion, deity, divinity
  • p0834

    p0834

    • ARTIST: Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Vera Nemtchinova and Felix dancing
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil
    • DATE: 1919
    • DIMENSIONS: 30.5 x 23.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., London, Russia
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p8340

    p8340

    • ARTIST: Emil Döpler II (Germany, 1855-1922) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The quadrille of the German landed gentry. The masked ball in the palace of the German Crown Prince (Die Quadrille der deutschen Landsknechte. Das Maskenfest im Palais des deutschen Kronprinzen)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1875
    • DIMENSIONS: 31.5 x 51.2 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: court, ballroom, couple
    • KEYWORDS: disguise
  • s1347

    s1347

    • ARTIST: Paul Destez (France, 1851-1919) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Opera Comique Theatre, "The heart of Paris," a review in a prologue and one act. Miss Rejane, Mr. Balbiani, Miss Laus
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1887
    • DIMENSIONS: 8.5 x 16 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: stage
    • KEYWORDS: theater, review
  • p6331

    p6331

    • TITLE OF WORK: Ballet in the court of the Empress of Russia Elizabeth Petrovna
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1750
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Saint Petersburg
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
    • DANCE FORM: ballet, court
  • p1876

    p1876

    • TITLE OF WORK: Flamenco dance in the country
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1860
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, flamenco, Spanish dance
  • p2682

    p2682

    • ARTIST: Ruotte
    • TITLE OF WORK: The Opera Ball (Bal de l'Opéra)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
    • DATE: 1800
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom
  • s2165

    s2165

    • ARTIST: Antonio Sciortino (Malta, 1879-1947)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Nina de Vetlina
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture
    • DATE: 1925
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Malta
    • KEYWORDS: nude
  • p2835

    p2835

    • ARTIST: Elli Solomonidi-Balanou (Greece)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Scenes with Rudolf Nureyev in the ballet "La belle au bois dormant"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, black marker on paper
    • DATE: 1981
    • COMMENTS: Top: Nureyev moving the staircase during the interval of the second act. Athens, Herodus Atticus Theater, 08/09/1981.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p2366

    p2366

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Little dancer aged fourteen (Petite danseuse de quatorze ans)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, bronze with muslin skirt
    • DATE: 1881
    • DIMENSIONS: 98.4 x 41.9 x 36.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p4109

    p4109

    • TITLE OF WORK: A farandole by the corps de ballet, during an evening at the Opéra for the victims of Szeghed
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1879
    • DIMENSIONS: 27.2 x 30.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: Parigi: La festa del teatro dell' Opéra per gl'inondati de Szeghedino. La farandola eseguita dal corpo di ballo, attraverso la folla.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Italy
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, ballet, character, farandole
  • s0244

    s0244

    • ARTIST: prof. L. Braun (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Pictures from Mecklenburg (Bilder aus Mecklenburg)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1868
    • DIMENSIONS: 23.5 x 34.4 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany, Mecklenburg
    • DANCE FORM: popular, traditional, couple
  • s3603

    s3603

    • ARTIST: Mihàly Zichy (Hungary, 1827-1906)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Illustration for the ballad "Ünneprontòk" by Jànos Arany
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, carton
    • DATE: 1894
    • DIMENSIONS: 43.6 x 35.2 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Hungary
    • DANCE FORM: popular, macabre
  • s3229

    s3229

    • ARTIST: Henri Valentin (France, 1820-1855)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan the Free Dance
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, bronze
    • DATE: 2000
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 180 x 70 x 40 cm
    • COMMENTS: Awarded in Biennale Iternationale dell' Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy, December 2001
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., Bulgaria
    • DANCE FORM: modern

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