"Here is concerned with the dancers' preparations just before appearing on stage. [...] One of the dancers is seen from the back; another drinks from a glass; and a third adjusts the blue tulle flowers of her costume." (p.109)
Two girls pose in dance costumes. They have large white bows in their hair, and sleeveless, ruffled dresses that end high on the thigh. Ballet slippers are tied on over white socks. They each point their right foot forward.
Domestic relations in literature; Interpersonal relations in literature
The poems in this collection seek to explore and highlight connections between the familiar domestic realm (often seen in depictions of food preparation and consumption, social events, or material possessions) and shifting, sometimes ambiguous...
Character portrait, with stamped annotation on mount verso, of famed Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova. She is hunched over, wearing a cloth band around her hair, off-the-shoulder polka-dot dress, and eating grapes. Anna Pavlova and Her Imperial...
Full-length portrait of dancer Consuelo de La Bruyere in elegant ballet costume and pose. She likely performed with the Kirafly Brothers' Company in "The Ratcatcher, or the Pied Piper of Hamelin" at Macauley's Theatre in April 1886....
Black-and-white reproduction, cut out of a book, of a Degas painting called "Rehearsal of the Ballet on Stage." Young women in ballet costumes sit, stretch, and pose on a stage.
