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Exhibition | Encore Degas! Ballet, Movement, and Fashion

Presented by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City MO

Apr 01 - 30 2020
Exhibition | Encore Degas! Ballet, Movement, and Fashion

Encore Degas! Ballet, Movement, and Fashion | Mar. 27, 2020-Mar. 28, 2021 | Works on paper that reveal the creative world behind ballet.

At the turn of the twentieth century, the circumstances of a changing modern world were visible on the stage of the Paris ballet. Social classes mixed in this public setting, where some of the city’s poorest young women pirouetted across the stage for paying audiences. The dancers’ internationally influenced costumes often reflected larger cultural exchanges. Edgar Degas became a regular visitor to the ballet at the Paris Opera, which appealed to his interest in classical beauty and modern ... view more »

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