TITLE OF WORK: "The Getaway" - The dancers have just finished the dance when Mrs. Robert appears ("L'escapade" - Les danseuses viennent d'achever le pas quand Mme Robert paraît)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, wood
DATE: 1896
DIMENSIONS: 8.3 x 11.2 cm
COMMENTS: Une scène de la pièce "L'escapade", par Auguste Germain, de la série "Scènes de la vie parisienne", interprétées par Mmes Mariquita, Marie Pernot, Amélie Guerra, Jeanne Chasle, Céleste Riganti, Claire
TITLE OF WORK: In the Théâtre de Verdure of Pré-Catelan. The dance festival, offered by Mr. And Mrs. Leygues in honnor of king Sisowath
TYPE OF WORK: Print, color
DATE: 1906
DIMENSIONS: 31 x 26.8 cm
COMMENTS: La fête débute par les danses cambodgiennes… Aux danses canbodgiennes succèdent les danses grecques avec Mlle Sandrini; et nos vieilles danses françaises: pavanes, passepieds et menuets, par Mlle Zamb
TITLE OF WORK: Four groups of armed dancers. Attic black-figure Kyathos of the Perizoma Group.
TYPE OF WORK: Painting on pottery, kyathos vase
DATE: -500
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 28 x 21 cm
COMMENTS: Four groups of armed dancers, each composed of two men with a helmet, lance and pelta shield, move in time with music played by a bearded double-flute player, dressed in a long tunic. The men wear a b
TITLE OF WORK: 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: From a performance of historical dances by Mlle Sandrini of the Paris Opéra; choreography by Laure Fonta, lecture by Professor Bourgault-Ducoudray
TITLE OF WORK: Children's round dance. The bridge of Avignon (Ronde enfantine. Le pont d'Avignon)
TYPE OF WORK: Print, lithograph
DATE: 1925
DATE DETAILS: approx.
COMMENTS: Lyrics of the song: "Sur le pont d'Avignon, l'on y danse, l'on y danse / Sur le pont d'Avignon, l'on y danse tout en rond. / Les beaux messieurs font comme ça / Les belles dames font comme ça..."
TITLE OF WORK: Eight figures dancing, one playing the lyre. Pottery: black-figured psykter (wine-cooler)
TYPE OF WORK: Painting, pottery, black-figured psykter
DATE: -510
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
DIMENSIONS: 22.86 cm height
COMMENTS: All but two figures to right, nude and bearded, with ivy-wreaths, the first two and fifth with embroidered drapery round the loins, the rest have embroidered chlamydes over their shoulders. The first
TITLE OF WORK: A,B: Komos, men and youths, with oinochoe, staffs, krotala, man seated, youth, both playing pipes, youth carrying basket and staff. I: Komos, man with cloak and staff, and oinochoe (urinating ?)
TYPE OF WORK: Painting on pottery, red-figure cup B, vase
DATE: -480
DATE DETAILS: BC approx.
LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient, Greece, Attica, Athens
