Dance Collection

Dolly sister, portrait photograph, 1916. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Dolly sister, portrait photograph, 1916

Ballerina Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), 1910s. Artist: Lavery, Sir John (1856-1941)
Ballerina Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), 1910s. From a private collection

El Jaleo, 1882. Artist: Sargent, John Singer (1856-1925)
El Jaleo, 1882. Found in the collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Isadora Duncan, early 20th century. Artist: Auguste Rodin
Isadora Duncan, early 20th century

The Temple of Music by Robert Fludd, 1617. Artist: Anonymous
The Temple of Music by Robert Fludd, 1617. From a private collection

Primavera, c1478. Artist: Sandro Botticelli
Primavera, c1478. From the collection of the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Circle Dance, 1910. Creator: Stuck, Franz, Ritter von (1863-1928)
Circle Dance, 1910. Found in the Collection of Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw

Dancer, c. 1874. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Dancer, c. 1874. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Judith, 1901. Artist: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918)
Judith, 1901. Found in the collection of the Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna

Dancers, Pink and Green, ca. 1890. Creator: Edgar Degas
Dancers, Pink and Green, ca. 1890

The Dance of Dervishes, c1870. Artist: W Forrest
The Dance of Dervishes, c1870. Whirling dance and practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey

Female ICI employees enjoy a dance, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters
Female ICI employees enjoy a dance, South Yorkshire, 1957. A couple of girls from the ICI Detonator factory in Denaby Main (near Doncaster)

Judith and Holofernes, c. 1621. Artist: Gentileschi, Artemisia (1598-1653)
Judith and Holofernes, c. 1621. Found in the collection of the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Franz Liszt Fantasizing at the Piano, 1840. Artist: Danhauser, Josef (1805-1845)
Franz Liszt Fantasizing at the Piano, 1840. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Presumed portrait of Marie Taglioni (1804-1884), dancer, 1828. Creator: Unknown
Presumed portrait of Marie Taglioni (1804-1884), dancer, 1828

Dancing between Decks, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Dancing between Decks, 1850. Emigrants leaving for the colonies: United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia or New Zealand

William Kemp or Kempe, Elizabethan comedian, 1600
William Kemp or Kempe (d1603) Elizabethan comedian who danced from Norwich to London in 1599, (1600). Here Kemp, with bells on his legs, is dancing the Morris

Astrud Gilberto, Mstricht Jazz Mecca, Netherlands, 1991. Creator: Brian Foskett
Astrud Gilberto, Mstricht Jazz Mecca, Netherlands, 1991

The Death of Mark Antony (Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act 4, Scene 15), January 1, 1780

Marie Salle dancing, 1732, (1908). Creator: Unknown
Marie Salle dancing, 1732, (1908). Mlle. Salle Dansant (1732). Marie Salle (1707-1756) was a French dancer and choreographer

Henry I, Count of Anhalt (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Artist: Anonymous
Henry I, Count of Anhalt (From the Codex Manesse), Between 1305 and 1340. Found in the collection of the Library of the Ruprecht Karl University, Heidelberg

The Star (L Etoile), 1878. Artist: Edgar Degas
The Star (L Etoile), 1878. Painting housed in the Musee d Orsay, Paris. From French Painting by T. W. Earp. [Avalon Press, London, 1945]

La Troupe De Mlle Eglantine, 1896. Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
La Troupe De Mlle Eglantine, 1896. Poster. Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Ballet Rehearsal on Stage, 1874. Artist: Edgar Degas
Ballet Rehearsal on Stage, 1874. Found in the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris

The Faun (Nijinsky), costume design for the Ballets Russes, 1912. Artist: Leon Bakst
The Faun (Nijinsky), costume design for the Ballets Russes, 1912. Design for Nijinskys costume in Debussys ballet l apres-midi d un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun)

Ana Gloria & Rolando - Queen and King of Mambo, c1950s. Creator: Unknown
Ana Gloria & Rolando - Queen and King of Mambo, c1950s. Dancers Ana Gloria Varona and Rolando Garcia performed at the Tropicana Club in Havana, Cuba

The May-pole, 1866. Artist: Charles Cousen
The May-pole, 1866. 19th century imagining of Elizabethans celebrating May Day, an annual European tradition thought to have originated as a pagan fertility rite

Un soir de grand prix au pavillon d Armenonville. Found in the Collection of Musee Carnavalet, Paris

Portrait of Marie-Adeline Plunkett, 1854. Creator: Richard Buckner
Portrait of Marie-Adeline Plunkett, 1854. Marie Adeline Plunkett was a star of the Romantic ballet. She made her first appearance in the ballet company of her Majestys Theatre, London in 1843

The Dancing Lesson, 1878. Creator: Thomas Eakins
The Dancing Lesson, 1878

Dancing Dervishes, Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, ca. 1480. Creator: Bihzad
Dancing Dervishes, Folio from a Divan of Hafiz, ca. 1480

Masquerade, 1924. Artist: Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939)
Masquerade, 1924. Private Collection

Song of the Angels, 1881. Artist: Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905)
Song of the Angels, 1881. Found in the collection of Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale

A Rakes Progress - 2: The Levee, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 2: The Levee, 1733. Tom holds a morning reception at his new palatial town lodgings. Vistors offer their services: a jockey, a dancing-master (with violin)

Performing bear in a Russian village, 1877. A print from The Illustrated London News, (19 May 1877). Hand-coloured later

The Dancer, ca 1916-1918. Artist: Klimt, Gustav (1862-1918)
The Dancer, ca 1916-1918. From a private collection

Anna Pavlova in the ballet The Dying Swan by Camille Saint-Saens, c. 1910
Anna Pavlova in the ballet The Dying Swan by Camille Saint-Saens

Vera Nemchinova, Russian ballet dancer, 1910s. Nemchinova (1899-1984) as Golden Bird in the Ballet Russes production of Childrens Tales

The Peasant Dance, 1568-1569. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Peasant Dance, 1568-1569. The opening of a kermesse (village fair), with a traditional dance performed by two couples. From the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Scene from The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, 1836-1837. Artist: Hablot Knight Browne
Scene from The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens, 1836-1837. Christmas Eve festivities at Dingley Dell, the home of Mr Wardle. Mr. Pickwick kissing under the mistletoe bough

Moulin de la Galette, 1889. Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Moulin de la Galette, 1889

La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, 1892, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
La Goulue at the Moulin Rouge, 1892, (1952). French can-can dancer Louise Weber, known as La Goulue, at the famous Paris nightclub. On the left is sister, with her lover on the right

At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance, 1890, (1952). Creator: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
At the Moulin Rouge: The Dance, 1890, (1952). Valentin the Boneless and La Goulue dancing in the famous Paris nightclub. Painting in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA

The Dance of Life, 1899-1900. Artist: Edvard Munch
The Dance of Life, 1899-1900. From the collection of the Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo

Dancing Sailors, Brittany by Christopher Woods, 1930, (1936). Creator: Christopher Wood
Dancing Sailors, Brittany, 1930, (1936). Village square with men and girls in Breton costume dancing by English painter John Christopher Wood (1901-1930)

Anna Pavlova in The Swan, 20th century
Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, in The Swan, early 20th century. Pavlova (1881-1931) was the most famous classical ballerina of her era

Gene Kelly (1912-1996), American dancer, actor and director, c1940s

Portrait of the Composer George Gershwin (1898-1937), 1937
Portrait of the Composer George Gershwin (1898-1937)

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