EditorialDancer Stephanie Dabney with Donald Williams in Dance Theater of Harlem’s “Firebird,” choreographed by John Taras, in New York in 1982. (Ruby Washington/The New York Times)
EditorialAdvertisement for a Beverage, Lithograph on paper, Vertical rectangle. Two ballerinas in full-skirted costumes, sitting in a dressing room, clinking glasses full of a light brown beverage. Two bottles of the beverage placed on a tray on a table between...
Editorial"Pas de Quatre" (1845) with ballerinas Carlotta Grisi, Marie Taglioni, Lucile Grahn and Fanny Cerito. "Pas de Quatre" was a Ballet choreographed by a man named Jules Perrot in 1845. The four dancers in the ballet were, in order of appearance, Lucile ...
EditorialEdgar Degas: Three Dancers with Hair in Braids (Trois danseuses les cheveux en tresses), Edgar Degas, c. 1900, Pastel and charcoal on wove paper, Edgar Degas had a subscription to the Paris opera, where he studied its corps of ballerinas, capturing the...
EditorialEdgar Degas: Group of Dancers (Groupe de danseuses), Edgar Degas, c. 1900, Oil pastel on three pieces of paper pieced together and adhered overall to thin paperboard, Degas captures three ballerinas backstage during a performance. One rubs her foot whi...
EditorialThe Ballerinas, plate fifteen from Cirque de l'?toile Filante. Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958); edited by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1835-1939). Date: 1938. Dimensions: 307 ? 198 mm (image); 315 ? 206 mm (plate); 450 ? 340 mm (sheet). Color etching ...
EditorialThe Ballerinas, plate fifteen from Cirque de l'?toile Filante. Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958); edited by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1835-1939). Date: 1938. Dimensions: 307 ? 198 mm (image); 315 ? 206 mm (plate); 450 ? 340 mm (sheet). Color etching ...
EditorialThe Dance Class, 1874, Oil on canvas, 32 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (83.5 x 77.2 cm), Paintings, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834?1917 Paris), This work and its variant in the Mus?e d'Orsay, Paris, represent the most ambitious paintings Degas devoted to the theme...
Editorial"Pas de Quatre" (1845) with ballerinas Carlotta Grisi, Marie Taglioni, Lucile Grahn and Fanny Cerito. "Pas de Quatre" was a Ballet choreographed by a man named Jules Perrot in 1845. The four dancers in the ballet were, in order of appearance, Lucile ...