Dance History Gallery

D.H.G. (Dance History Gallery)

Dance History Gallery
  • p7030

    p7030

    • ARTIST: Carl Grote (Germany, 1839-1907) (drawing); G. Theuerkauf (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Northwest Germany Area Shooting Contest in Hannover (Nordwestdeutsches Bezirkschiessen in Hannover)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1869
    • DIMENSIONS: 10 x 22.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: popular
  • p5861

    p5861

    • TITLE OF WORK: Marie Taglioni - Portrait in everyday attire (Marie Taglioni - Portrait en habit de ville)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1840
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p5789

    p5789

    • ARTIST: F. W. Lawson
    • TITLE OF WORK: A juvenile ball
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1870
    • DIMENSIONS: 22.6 x 29.7 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom
    • KEYWORDS: child
  • s5327

    s5327

    • ARTIST: Charles Cary Rumsey (U.S.A., 1879-1922)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancing female nude
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, bronze
    • DATE: 1910
    • DIMENSIONS: 10 x 3 x 6 inches
    • COMMENTS: Mary A.H. Rumsey Bequest, 1991
  • s3541

    s3541

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Two dancers (Deux danseuses)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, charcoal on paper
    • DATE: 1900
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 54 x 34 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p1499

    p1499

    • TITLE OF WORK: Flamenco
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, chromolithograph
    • DATE: 1906
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Spain
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, flamenco, Spanish dance
  • p5170

    p5170

    • TITLE OF WORK: Chinese dancer with tambourine dancing with lion
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1850
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: China
    • DANCE FORM: folk
    • KEYWORDS: animal
  • s4428

    s4428

    • ARTIST: Jules Grandjouan (France, 1875-1968)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Isadora Duncan - Chant du départ
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, collage, gouache, China ink
    • DATE: 1937
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 26 x 38 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: modern, solo
  • p9706

    p9706

    • ARTIST: Jean-Baptiste Clesinger (France, 1814-1883)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancing woman
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, bronze, rich dark brown patination
    • DATE: 1858
    • DIMENSIONS: 130 cm height
    • COMMENTS: Signed and dated Rome 1858
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity, France, Italy, Rome,
    • DANCE FORM: solo, popular
    • KEYWORDS: tambourine
  • s4709

    s4709

    • ARTIST: Alexis Mérodack-Jeanneau (France, 1873-1919)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The dancer (La danseuse)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, oil on canvas
    • DATE: 1910
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 115.1 x 88.6 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: solo
  • s3218

    s3218

    • ARTIST: Sim.
    • TITLE OF WORK: Square dance "Swing your partner round and round" (Danse carrée "Swing your partner round and round")
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color, postcard, print
    • DATE: 1980
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Canada, Québec
    • DANCE FORM: danse carrée, couple, traditional
  • p0415

    p0415

    • TITLE OF WORK: Shiva as Nataraja
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, bronze
    • DATE: 1800
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: India
    • KEYWORDS: religion, deity
  • p2166

    p2166

    • ARTIST: J. C. Leyendecker (U.S.A., 1874-1951)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dancing couple. Advertisement
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1913
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A.
    • DANCE FORM: ballroom, couple
  • p7590

    p7590

    • ARTIST: Edvard Lehmann (Denmark, 1815-1892) (attributed to)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Ballerinas going to the rehearsal
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color
    • DATE: 1860
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Denmark
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: off-stage
  • s3105

    s3105

    • ARTIST: Ludmilla Tchérina (France, 1924-2004)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Movement 5 (Mouvement 5)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1975
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Signed
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: modern, solo
  • p4817

    p4817

    • ARTIST: Louis-Emile Adan (France, 1839-1937) (painting)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The dance class (Die Tanzstunde)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1880
    • DIMENSIONS: 15.3 x 24 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: court, ballroom
    • KEYWORDS: instruction
  • s4324

    s4324

    • ARTIST: Benneian
    • TITLE OF WORK: Opera (Opéra)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, glass
    • DATE: 1990
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 150 x 64 x 46 cm
    • COMMENTS: Plateau
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: duo, ballet
  • s5441

    s5441

    • ARTIST: A. Golenkina
    • TITLE OF WORK: Galina Ulanova
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, ceramic, porcelain
    • DATE: 1950
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
    • DANCE FORM: ballet
  • p1828

    p1828

    • ARTIST: Millicent Hodson (U.S.A.)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Score of the reconstruction of the "Sacre du printemps"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1987
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: Part I, 4 (58): Game of the Rival Cities
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p4952

    p4952

    • ARTIST: Par.
    • TITLE OF WORK: The Palace Theatre of Varieties, Shaftesbury Avenue. Manager Mr. Charles Morton
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color, poster
    • DATE: 1920
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., London
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
  • s4840

    s4840

    • TITLE OF WORK: Greek lady (Grieksche dame)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, monochrome
    • DATE: 1840
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 10.5 x 8.5 cm
    • COMMENTS: Copy from P1409
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Greece
    • DANCE FORM: popular, solo
  • p7916

    p7916

    • TITLE OF WORK: Totonac dancer
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, clay figurine
    • DATE: 500
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 20 cm height
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Mexico
  • p9012

    p9012

    • TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Paul Taglioni (Paul Taglioni)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1875
    • DIMENSIONS: 13 x 13.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Italy
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: portrait, choreographer
  • p4993

    p4993

    • TITLE OF WORK: Ballet concierto. Javier de Leon, Graciella Estrada, Ana Merida
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, poster
    • DATE: 1952
    • COMMENTS: For the performance at the Palacio de Bellas Artes of Mexico City, in 1952.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Mexico
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • s3887

    s3887

    • ARTIST: Christian Rohlfs (Germany, 1849-1938)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance couple - The Sakharovs (Tänzerpaar - Die Sacharoffs)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, tempera on canvas
    • DATE: 1928
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ukraine, Germany
    • DANCE FORM: modern
  • p2281

    p2281

    • TITLE OF WORK: Dance of the Mandrucas (Danse des Mandrucas)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1850
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 10 x 13 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: South America
  • p3522

    p3522

    • ARTIST: John Craxton (U.K., 1922-2009)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Daphnis and Chloe": Daphnis
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, color
    • DATE: 1951
    • COMMENTS: "Daphins and Chloe", music by Maurice Ravel, scenery and costumes by John Craxton, choreography by Frederick Ashton; first performance Covent Garden 05/04/1951. Cast: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Vi
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • p6985

    p6985

    • TITLE OF WORK: Esmeralda, the street dancer with her goat
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
    • DATE: 1845
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: ballet, popular
    • KEYWORDS: animal
  • p5016

    p5016

    • ARTIST: Antonio López Mancera (Mexico, 1924-1994)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Costume design for the ballet "Suenos" (Dreams)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1961
    • COMMENTS: For the performance at the Palacio de Bellas Artes of Mexico City, 1961.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Mexico
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: costume
  • p1042

    p1042

    • ARTIST: Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands, 1853-1890)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Ballroom of the Folies Arlésiennes (Salle de bal des Folies Arlésiennes)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1888
    • DIMENSIONS: 64 x 80 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Britanny, Bretagne
    • DANCE FORM: folk
  • s5240

    s5240

    • ARTIST: Joseph Andreas Fleischmann (after Joseph Stieler)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Lola Montez
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, steel engraving, monochrome
    • DATE: 1855
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 60 x 45 cm
    • COMMENTS: Lola Montez was the lover of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Joseph Stieler had painted a famous portrait of Lola Montez.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany, Munich
    • DANCE FORM: flamenco, Spanish dance
    • KEYWORDS: Lola Montez, portrait
  • p4313

    p4313

    • ARTIST: Antoni Clavé (Spain, 1913-2005)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Poster design for the ballet "Carmen"
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1949
    • COMMENTS: Choreography by Roland Petit; sets and costumes by Antoni Clavé
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, U.K.
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
  • p6509

    p6509

    • TITLE OF WORK: This young man had to light a match in order to find his seat
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1896
    • COMMENTS: Loïe Fuller in the "Fire dance"
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.S.A., France
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
    • KEYWORDS: humor, caricature
  • p6934

    p6934

    • ARTIST: Romain de Tirtoff "Erté" (Russia, 1892-1990)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Curtain design for "The treasures of Indochina" at "L'Alcazar" of Marseilles
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1922
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
    • KEYWORDS: scenery
  • p3696

    p3696

    • TITLE OF WORK: Scene from the revue "Les éventails" with Mistinguett, Tyaux, Spark's Ballet and The Jackson's Girls
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color
    • DATE: 1927
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall
  • p7146

    p7146

    • ARTIST: Balthasar Moncornet (France, 1600-1668)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Sus Margoton prens la cadence...
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1640
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, popular
  • p0381

    p0381

    • ARTIST: Emile Scaillet (France, 1846-1911) & Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (France, 1827-1875) (sculpture)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The dance (La danse)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, ivory
    • DATE: 1896
    • DIMENSIONS: 20 cm height plus 10 cm base
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Antiquity
  • s1753

    s1753

    • TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Marcia Haydée
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1985
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Germany
    • DANCE FORM: ballet, modern
    • KEYWORDS: portrait
  • s4643

    s4643

    • ARTIST: Edgar Degas (France, 1834-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Study of a dancer (Etude de danseuse)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting, pastel, wax crayon and charcoal on paper
    • DATE: 1890
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 47 x 63 cm
    • COMMENTS: Stamped signature at lower left. Lugt 658
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Paris
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: off-stage
  • s0307

    s0307

    • ARTIST: Carl Goebel (Austria, 1824-1899)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The oriental dancer
    • TYPE OF WORK: Watercolor
    • DATE: 1875
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • DIMENSIONS: 68 x 88 cm
    • COMMENTS: Signed
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Orient, Germany
    • DANCE FORM: solo, popular, Oriental
  • s1462

    s1462

    • ARTIST: José Simont (Spain, 1875-1968) (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Helba Huara and her evils. A peasant virgin. (Helba Huara et ses malefices. Vierge de campagne)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1934
    • DIMENSIONS: 11 x 9.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Peru, France
    • DANCE FORM: stage, solo
    • KEYWORDS: candle
  • s0217

    s0217

    • TITLE OF WORK: Indian dancers
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1954
    • COMMENTS: Illustrations in: Pancha Tantra - Winning of Friends. Program of the Little Ballet Troupe. Bombay, 1954.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: India, Bombay
    • DANCE FORM: stage
  • p7692

    p7692

    • TITLE OF WORK: A Cosack wedding - Entertainment during the night (Une noce cosaque - Divertissements à la veillée)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, woodcut
    • DATE: 1868
    • DIMENSIONS: 11.2 x 22.3 cm
    • COMMENTS: Cosacks of Kouban, camping at Koujarsk
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia
    • DANCE FORM: traditional
  • s1541

    s1541

    • ARTIST: Beauce (drawing)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Scottish festival in Holland Parc, Kensington - The Claymore dance (Fête écossaise à Holland-parc, Kensington - La danse des claymores)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, wood
    • DATE: 1851
    • DIMENSIONS: 9.5 x 12.2 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: U.K., Scotland, London
    • DANCE FORM: claymore, traditional, solo
    • KEYWORDS: weapon, sword, bagpipes
  • p5259

    p5259

    • ARTIST: Pedro Pruna (Spain, 1904-1977)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Portrait of Alicia Nikitina
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing
    • DATE: 1925
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Russia, France
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: portrait
  • p9963

    p9963

    • ARTIST: Auguste Rodin (France, 1840-1917)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Cambodian dancer (Danseuse cambodgienne)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Drawing, lead pencil, crayon and watercolor
    • DATE: 1906
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Cambodia, France
    • DANCE FORM: stage, solo
  • s1783

    s1783

    • ARTIST: Ezio Frigerio (Italy, 1930-)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Décor design for the ballet "La belle au bois dormant" (Sleeping beauty"): Act 3
    • TYPE OF WORK: Painting
    • DATE: 1997
    • COMMENTS: "La belle au bois dormant" (Sleeping beauty) ballet produced by Rudolf Nureiev at the Paris Opera in 1997
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France, Italy
    • DANCE FORM: classical ballet
    • KEYWORDS: scenery
  • s1916

    s1916

    • ARTIST: Charles-Louis Müller (France, 1815-1892) (design)
    • TITLE OF WORK: Sada Yacco
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph, color, poster
    • DATE: 1899
    • DIMENSIONS: 225 x 76.5 cm
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Japan, Germany
    • DANCE FORM: music-hall, solo
  • p6370

    p6370

    • TITLE OF WORK: Summer netting (Bastringue d'été)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print
    • DATE: 1800
    • DATE DETAILS: approx.
    • COMMENTS: The word "bastringue" meant a ball for the low classes
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: France
    • DANCE FORM: popular
  • p1084

    p1084

    • ARTIST: Pieter Brueghel the Elder (Flanders, 1525-1569) (after); H. Cock (engraving)
    • TITLE OF WORK: The fair of Saint George's day (Sint-Joris Kermis)
    • TYPE OF WORK: Print, engraving
    • DATE: 1601
    • DIMENSIONS: 34 x 53 cm
    • COMMENTS: Similar to "The kermess of Hoboken", or "of Saint George", a lost painting by Bruegel whose several copies are known.
    • LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Flanders, Holland, Belgium
    • DANCE FORM: traditional, stick, couple

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