Ballet Dancer Collection (page 9)

Minuet, c. 1780. Artist: Casanovas Torrents, Antonio (1752-1796)
Minuet, c. 1780. Found in the collection of the Museu Nacional d Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Portrait of the ballerina Marie Taglioni. Artist: Scheffer, Ary (1795-1858)
Portrait of the ballerina Marie Taglioni. Found in the collection of the Musee National du Chateau de Versailles et du Trianon

The revelations of Ballet, 1840s. Artist: Grandville, Jean-Jacques (1803-1847)
The revelations of Ballet, 1840s. From a private collection

Fanny Elssler as Florinda in the dance La Cachucha (ballet Le Diable boiteux), 1836. From a private collection

Swaying Dancer (Dancer in Green), 1877-1878. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Swaying Dancer (Dancer in Green), 1877-1878. Found in the collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections

Two Dancers, c. 1898. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Two Dancers, c. 1898. Found in the collection of the Dresden State Art Collections

The Dancers, 1899. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
The Dancers, 1899. Found in the collection of the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

Two Dancers, c. 1905. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Two Dancers, c. 1905. Found in the collection of the Albertina, Vienna

Danseuses jupes jaunes (Deux danseuses en jaune). Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Danseuses jupes jaunes (Deux danseuses en jaune). From a private collection

Three Dancers (Trois danseuses), c. 1903. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
Three Dancers (Trois danseuses), c. 1903. From a private collection

Marie Mariusovna Petipa, Russian ballet dancer, 1887. Artist: Charles Bergamasco
Marie Mariusovna Petipa, Russian ballet dancer, 1887. Marie Mariusovna Petipa (1857-1930) was the daughter of French choreographer Marius Petipa and Russian ballerina Maria Surovshchikova-Petipa

Portrait of the Prima ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska (1872-1971), 1912
Portrait of the Prima ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska (1872-1971)

Tamara Karsavina, Russian ballerina, 1911. As Zobeide in the Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakovs ballet Scheherazade. Karsavina (1885-1978) starred with the Imperial Russian Ballet

Tamara Karsavina, Russian ballerina, in Nikolai Tcherepnins ballet Le Pavillon d Armide, 1913. Karsavina (1885-1978) starred with the Imperial Russian Ballet

Ida Rubinstein, Russian ballerina, 1910. Rubinstein (1885-1960) in the Ballets Russes production of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakovs Scheharazade. From a private collection

Michel Fokine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, 1911. Fokine (1880-1942) in the Ballets Russes production of the ballet Daphnis et Chloe, which he choreogaphed

Maria Surovshchikova-Petipa, Russian ballet dancer, c1861. Artist: Nadar
Maria Surovshchikova-Petipa, Russian ballet dancer, c1861. Maria Surovshchikova-Petipa (1836-1882) was prima ballerina of the St Petersburg Imperial Theatre

Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer, 1909. Nijinsky (1890-1950) performing in the ballet Le Pavillon d Armide, by Nikolai Tcherepnin

Felia Doubrovska, Russian ballet dancer and teacher, 20th century. Doubrovska (1896-1981) performing in The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky. From a private collection

Dancer, c1874. Artist: Edgar Degas
Dancer, c1874. Degas, Edgar (1834-1917). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Sitting Ballet Dancer, 1890. Artist: Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
Sitting Ballet Dancer, 1890. Carriere-Belleuse, Pierre (1851-1933). Found in the collection of the Far Eastern Art Museum, Khabarovsk

Poster for Igor Stravinskys ballet The Rite of Spring, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Poster for Igor Stravinskys ballet The Rite of Spring, 1911. Showing the dancer Maria Kuznetsova (1880-1966). From a private collection

Costume design for Ida Rubinstein as Ishtar, 1924. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume design for Ida Rubinstein as Ishtar, 1924. Ida Rubinstein (1885-1960) was a Russian ballet dancer, for whom Leon Bakst designed costumes. From a private collection

Mathilde Kschessinska, Russian prima ballerina, with her son, Volodya, 1910. A ballerina of Polish origin, Mathilde Kschessinska (1872-1971)

Tamara Karsavina, Russian ballerina, 1900s or 1910s. Karsavina (1885-1978) starred with the Imperial Russian Ballet. She left Russia after the Revolution

Lyubov Yegorova, Russian ballerina, 1905. Yegorova (1880-1972) performing in the title role in The Blue Dahlia, a ballet with music by Cesare Pugni and choreography by Marius Petipa

Marius Petipa, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, 1898. Petipa (1818-1910) is widely regarded as the most influential balletmaster and chorographer of all time

Musicians in the Orchestra, 1870. Artist: Edgar Degas
Musicians in the Orchestra, 1870. Found in the collection of the Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main

Dancers, 1899. Artist: Edgar Degas
Dancers, 1899. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St Petersburg

Dancers in Blue, c1898. Artist: Edgar Degas
Dancers in Blue, c1898. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Dancer at the Photographer, 1875. Artist: Edgar Degas
Dancer at the Photographer, 1875. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Costume design for Ida Rubinstein as Helen in the ballet Helen of Sparta, 1912. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume design for Ida Rubinstein as Helen in the ballet Helen of Sparta, 1912. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

The Grand Ballet, Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 27th November 1904

The Snow Ballet, from la Voyage dans la Lune by Jacques Offenbach, 1892. Artist: Henri Meyer
The Snow Ballet, from la Voyage dans la Lune by Jacques Offenbach, 1892. Based on From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne (1828-1905); performed at the Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin

The Dancer, Mariano Camprubi, 1862. Artist: Edouard Manet
The Dancer, Mariano Camprubi, 1862. Part of a private collection, New York, USA

A Young Rajah, ballet costume design, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
A Young Rajah, ballet costume design, 1911. Costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu (The Blue God), story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo, music by Reynaldo Hahn

Bacchante, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Bacchante, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. From the Musee Stravinski-Diaghilev

Bayadere with Peacock, ballet costume design, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Bayadere with Peacock, ballet costume design, 1911. Costume Design for a Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu (The Blue God), story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo

The Firebird, costume design for Stravinskys ballet The Firebird, 1910. Artist: Leon Bakst
The Firebird, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Stravinskys ballet The Firebird, 1910. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Premiere Bacchante, costume design for a production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Premiere Bacchante, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. Published in L Art Decoraif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Two Heralds, ballet costume design, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Two Heralds, ballet costume design, 1911. Design for the performance of Debussys Le Martyre de St Sebastien (The Torment of St Sebastian) at Pariss Chatelet Theatre

Sleeping Beauty, ballet costume design, c1913. Artist: Leon Bakst
Sleeping Beauty, ballet costume design, c1913. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

The Shah of Persia, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Scheherazade, c1913. Artist: Leon Bakst
The Shah of Persia, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Scheherazade, c1913. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

The Firebird, costume design for Tamara Karsavina in Stravinskys ballet The Firebird, 1910. Artist: Leon Bakst
The Firebird, costume design for Tamara Karsavina in Stravinskys ballet The Firebird, 1910. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Ravels Daphnis et Chloe, 1912. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Ravels Daphnis et Chloe, 1912. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Iskander, costume design for the ballet La Peri (music by Paul Dukas), c1913. Artist: Leon Bakst
Iskander, costume design for the ballet La Peri (music by Paul Dukas), c1913. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Two Bacchantes, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Two Bacchantes, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Ephebe, costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Ephebe (adolescent), costume design for a Ballets Russes production of Tcherepnins Narcisse, 1911. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

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"Ballet: A Timeless Art of Grace and Beauty" Step into the enchanting world of ballet, where dreams take flight on tiptoes. From the ethereal elegance of Prima Ballerina Anna Pavlova to the mesmerizing talent of Margot Fonteyn, these legendary dancers have left an indelible mark on the art form. Intriguing glimpses into ballet's history can be found in Edgar Degas' masterpieces like "Dancers, Pink and Green" and "Ballet Rehearsal on Stage. " These captivating paintings capture both the discipline and passion that define ballet. Anna Pavlova, a Russian Ballet Dancer extraordinaire, graces us with her presence once again in iconic roles such as Giselle. Her delicate movements evoke emotions that touch our souls. Edgar Degas continues to inspire with his artwork depicting ballerinas in their natural habitat. In "The Star, " he captures a moment frozen in time, showcasing the dedication it takes to shine under the spotlight. Leon Bakst's costume design for Nijinsky's portrayal of The Faun showcases how dance transcends boundaries between different art forms, and is a testament to how ballet can ignite imagination beyond just movement. Ida Rubinstein captivates us as Zobeide in Scheherazade with her magnetic stage presence. Her performance transports us to exotic lands filled with tales from Arabian nights. Marie-Adeline Plunkett's portrait reminds us that behind every graceful dancer lies a unique individual who brings their own story and personality onto the stage. Each ballerina has her own journey, overcoming challenges while striving for perfection. Whether performing on grand stages or dancing barefoot by crashing waves at a beach ballet, these talented artists embody gracefulness fused with strength.