Dance History Gallery

D.H.G. (Dance History Gallery)

Dance History Gallery
  • p5758

    p5758

    • TITLE OF WORK: Village fête in Greece
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, hand-colored
    • DATE: 1880
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 15.2 x 14.8 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece, Euboea
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, round
  • p4878

    p4878

    • TITLE OF WORK: The musician cards with a thousand and one waltzes (Les cartes musiciennes en mille et une valses)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, colored
    • DATE: 1830
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Cover of a deck of 32 cards, each one bearing two measures. By combining the measures one can compose waltzes. Published by Jeremias Bermann in Vienna.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Austria
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom
  • p3598

    p3598

    • TITLE OF WORK: Miss Isadora Duncan in the ruins of the Theater of Dionysus (Miss Isadora Duncan dans les ruines du théâtre de Dionysos)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1904
    • DIMENSIONS: 11 x 7.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece, U.S.A., Athens
    • DANCE FORM: modern, solo
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • p5994

    p5994

    • ARTIST: Denis Boissier
    • TITLE OF WORK: The great blue dancer (Le grand danseur bleu)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, acrylic on canvas
    • DATE: 1984
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p1449

    p1449

    • ARTIST: Periklis Vyzantios (Greece, 1893-1972)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The tango
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on wood
    • DATE: 1919
    • DIMENSIONS: 36 x 44 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece
    • DANCE FORM: tango, ballroom, couple
  • p5954

    p5954

    • ARTIST: Denis Boissier
    • TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Maurice Béjart
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1984
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: portrait
  • p6687

    p6687

    • ARTIST: Manfried (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance floor of the Schwabian peasants (Tanzboden der schwäbischen Bauern)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1866
    • DIMENSIONS: 15.3 x 23.2 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Czech, Germany
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • s2260

    s2260

    • ARTIST: Dora Brandenburg-Polster (Germany, 1884-1958)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Gertrud Leistikow - 3
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1911
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: modern
  • p3790

    p3790

    • ARTIST: T. Jones (drawing and engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Carlotta Grisi and Jules Perrot in the ballet "Le rossignol" (The nightingale)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, etching
    • DATE: 1836
    • COMMENTS: Staged at the King's Theatre, London, in 1836
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., France, Italy
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p7983

    p7983

    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancer as Man of Fire (Homme de feu) in the "Ballet des fêtes de Bacchus"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen and gouache
    • DATE: 1651
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: ballet, court
  • p6153

    p6153

    • ARTIST: Jean-César Fenouil (France, 17??-1774) (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Miss Marie Sallé, the French Terpsichore (Mademoiselle Marie Sallé, la Terpsicore françoise)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1730
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p6011

    p6011

    • ARTIST: Edward Seago (U.K., 1910-1974)
    • TITLE OF WORK: "Les Sylphides" - Seen from the wings at Sadlers Wells
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1938
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s2213

    s2213

    • ARTIST: Miguel Lasarte
    • TITLE OF WORK: Caricature of Antonia Mercé
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, sketch
    • DATE: 1933
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: flamenco, Spanish dance, traditional, popular
  • p4740

    p4740

    • ARTIST: Kenny Meadows (U.K., 1790-1874) (drawing); W. J. Linton (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: First of April
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1847
    • DIMENSIONS: 36.5 x 24.1 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: humor, caricature
  • p6310

    p6310

    • TITLE OF WORK: Caricature of Auguste Vestris
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1780
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p4429

    p4429

    • ARTIST: Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (France, 1861-1929)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan - Frénésie II
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1911
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., France
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • p7923

    p7923

    • TITLE OF WORK: Actress or dancer
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, clay figurine
    • DATE: 600
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Feminine figure with elaborate earrings and ceremonial costume, from Gulf of Mexico
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Mexico, Guatemala
  • p2902

    p2902

    • ARTIST: Walter Ernest Webster (U.K., 1878-?)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Ballet dancers. Detail
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1930
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p7315

    p7315

    • ARTIST: J. Silvestre
    • TITLE OF WORK: Ballet "Les plaisirs de l'île enchantée". First day
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color
    • DATE: 1700
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p4272

    p4272

    • ARTIST: Jean-Baptiste Hilaire (France, 1753-1822) (attributed to)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Koulouma in Athens. Detail
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor on paper
    • DATE: 1782
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 105 x 72 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • s0440

    s0440

    • ARTIST: Josep Clarà i Ayats (Spain, 1878-1958)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pen and ink
    • DATE: 1910
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Drawn in Paris
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., France, Spain
    • DANCE FORM: modern, solo
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • s0875

    s0875

    • TITLE OF WORK: The Shah of Persia in Scotland. A Highland dance before the Shah, given by Sir Algernon Borthwick, at Invercauld House, Braemar
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1889
    • DIMENSIONS: 10 x 22.6 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., Scotland, Highlands
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, popular, male, couple
    • KEYWORDS: musical instrument, bagpipes,
  • p6129

    p6129

    • ARTIST: Jean-Léon Gérôme (France, 1824-1904)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The pyrrhic dance (La danse pyrrhique)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1880
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 63.5 x 89 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, Greece, France
    • KEYWORDS: duel, arm, sword
  • s5003

    s5003

    • ARTIST: Fabio Fabbi (Italy, 1861-1946)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The tambourine dance
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1910
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient
    • DANCE FORM: Oriental, traditional, solo
  • p8123

    p8123

    • TITLE OF WORK: Scene from the ballet "Mlada". Saint Petersburg, Grand Theater
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1879
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s3755

    s3755

    • TITLE OF WORK: Lady dancing in outdoor dress
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, manuscript illumination, miniature
    • DATE: 1920
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 20 x 15 cm
    • COMMENTS: Qajar style
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Persia, Iran, Orient, Turkey, Ottoman,
    • DANCE FORM: solo, traditional
  • p9175

    p9175

    • ARTIST: Josep Maria Sert i Badia (Spain, 1874-1945)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Les astuces féminines". Pas de deux by Vera Nemtchinova and Stanislas Idzikovsky
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1920
    • COMMENTS: "Les astuces féminines", opera-ballet in 3 scenes by the Ballets Russes. Music by D. Canova arranged by O. Respighi; choreography by L. Massine; scenery and costumes by José-Maria Sert.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy, Spain
    • DANCE FORM: ballet, duo
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • s4016

    s4016

    • ARTIST: François-Auguste Biard (France, 1799-1882)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Shipwrecked (Naufragés)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1860
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 163 x 130 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed "Biard". Natives dancing around shipwrecked Europeans.
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p4457

    p4457

    • ARTIST: Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (France, 1861-1929)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan - Despair (Désespoir)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1911
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., France
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • s3185

    s3185

    • ARTIST: Stanley Roseman (U.S.A., 1945-)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Charles Jude in the ballet "Swn lake"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, pencil
    • DATE: 1994
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet, solo
  • s2173

    s2173

    • TITLE OF WORK: Church festival! (Kirchweih !)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color, postcard
    • DATE: 1910
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Published by Kunstverlag Amon Göth, Wien VI
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Austria
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, couple
  • s2201

    s2201

    • ARTIST: Anton Raphael Mengs (Germany, 1728-1779)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The Parnassus
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, fresco, mural
    • DATE: 1760
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 300 x 600 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, Italy, Rome, Greece
  • p8308

    p8308

    • ARTIST: Alexandre de Valentini (France, 1787-1887)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Fanny Cerrito
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor
    • DATE: 1851
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p9560

    p9560

    • TITLE OF WORK: The fashions of "Illustration" - Ball gowns (La mode de l'"Illustration" - Toilettes de bal)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1904
    • DIMENSIONS: 31 x 24 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom, round
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • p5680

    p5680

    • ARTIST: Karl Ivanovitch Kollmann (Germany/Russia, 1788-1846)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Fair and village dance in summer
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1835
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • p4390

    p4390

    • ARTIST: Henri Matisse (France, 1869-1954)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The hapiness of living (Le bonheur de vivre)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1905
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 175 x 241 cm
    • COMMENTS: Imagerie of the Garden of Eden
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
  • p1927

    p1927

    • ARTIST: Gustave Doré (France, 1832-1883)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Spanish dance couple
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1862
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, flamenco, Spanish dance
  • p9295

    p9295

    • ARTIST: Franz Hermann & Hans Gemminger & Valentin Mueller (Austria)
    • TITLE OF WORK: A scene from the Turkish harem
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, gouache
    • DATE: 1634
    • DIMENSIONS: 130 x 193 cm
    • COMMENTS: After a series of gouaches executed following the visit of the Austrian delegation which left Vienna for Constantinople in July 1628. Inscribed: "Since for decent Turkish ladies it is unusual to leave
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Ottoman, Turkey
    • DANCE FORM: Oriental, court, couple, stage
  • p1709

    p1709

    • TITLE OF WORK: A wedding in Eleusis (Eine Hochzeit in Eleusis)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, hand-colored
    • DATE: 1816
    • DIMENSIONS: 10.1 x 15.3 cm
    • COMMENTS: Zu Hause VII 10
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece, Eleusis
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, duo
  • p5919

    p5919

    • ARTIST: Conrad Westpfahl (Germany, 1891-1976)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Spanish ballet (Spanisches Balett)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1953
    • DIMENSIONS: 51 x 73 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain, Germany
  • s0715

    s0715

    • TITLE OF WORK: Polka "in extremis". The honour of her hand
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
    • DATE: 1884
    • DIMENSIONS: 8 x 13.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: Mr. Blunderbore in society
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom, couple
    • KEYWORDS: humor, invitation, caricature
  • p0374

    p0374

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Frieze with dancers (Frise de danseuses)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1883
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p4588

    p4588

    • ARTIST: Jan Luyken (Netherlands, 1649-1712)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The Loofhütten Festival of the Jews (Loofhütten Feest der Jooden)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, engraving, copper
    • DATE: 1685
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 13.5 x 15.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: The Laubhüttenfest (Sukkotfest) lasted seven days. The hut (called sukka) was large enough to dine and sleep inside, in memory of the wandering in the desert.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Israel
    • DANCE FORM: popular
    • KEYWORDS: Jewish, religion
  • s1732

    s1732

    • ARTIST: Tom Merrifield (Australia, 1932-)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Tribute to Pavlova
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture
    • DATE: 1920
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., Russia
    • DANCE FORM: ballet, solo
  • s0000

    s0000

  • s3973

    s3973

    • ARTIST: Antonio Canova (Italy, 1757-1822)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancer (detail)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, white marble
    • DATE: 1710
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 179 cm height
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy
    • DANCE FORM: solo
  • p3563

    p3563

    • TITLE OF WORK: Pan playing his flute, couple following him and man dancing (?)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, ivory
    • DATE: -340
    • DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Macedonia
  • p0713

    p0713

    • TITLE OF WORK: La Maraichine, a dance of the Marais de Mont
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1917
    • DIMENSIONS: 9 x 13 cm
    • COMMENTS: La Barrienne is a variety of the Maraichine dance
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Vendée
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, maraichine
  • p0413

    p0413

    • ARTIST: Josep Clarà i Ayats (Spain, 1878-1958)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1900
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 29 x 23 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: modern
    • KEYWORDS: Isadora Duncan
  • s4096

    s4096

    • TITLE OF WORK: Female dancer and musicians
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, relief, ivory
    • DATE: 1404
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Connected with the arrival of Byzantine Emperor Ioannis the 5th Palaiologos at Thessaloniki in 1403-1404
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Byzantium, Greece, Thessalonii
    • DANCE FORM: solo

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