Tag: dance

Jane Avril dansant (c.1892)

Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901) Jane Avril dansant (Jane Avril Dancing) c.1892 Oil on cardboard, 85.5 x 45 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris See also: • Avril, Jane (1868-1943)

Baile en Tehuantepec (1928)

Rivera, Diego (1886-1957) Baile en Tehuantepec (Dance in Tehuantepec) 1928 Oil on canvas, 199 x 162 cm Museo de Arte Latinoamericano, Buenos Aires See also: • Tehuantepec (Mexico)

Le Chahut (1889-1890)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Le Chahut 1889–1890 Oil on canvas, 170 x 141 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Cancan The women and men in this painting are enthusiastically dancing the chahut, or cancan, a risqué dance for that period, whereby the women lift their…

Isadora (1968)

The Loves of Isadora Director: Karel Reisz Producer: Raymond Hakim, Robert Hakim Screenplay: Melvyn Bragg, Clive Exton Based on: My Life by Isadora Duncan; Isadora Duncan by Sewell Stokes Genre: Biography | Drama | Music Music: Maurice Jarre Country: United Kingdom |…

French Cancan (1955)

Only the French Can Director: Jean Renoir Producer: Louis Wipf Screenplay: Jean Renoir Genre: Comedy | Drama | Historical | Musical Music: Georges Van Parys Country: France | Italia Language: French Studio: Gaumont Release date: 1955 Running time: 104 minutes…

Groupe de danseuses (1895-1897)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Groupe de danseuses (Group of Dancers) c.1895–1897 Pastel on panel, 32.39 × 40.96 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas This enigmatic drawing on panel has never before been published. The stamps and numbers on the verso indicate…

Danseuses sur la scène (1883)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Danseuses sur la scène (Ballet Dancers on the Stage) 1883 Pastel on paper, 61.6 x 47.31 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas In the 1880s and 1890s, Edgar Degas became increasingly fascinated by the ballet, especially its…

Danseuse debout (c.1877)

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Danseuse debout (Dancer Standing) c.1877 Pastel on paper on cardboard, 46 x 49.5 cm Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires