Ballerina Collection

BALLET: RITE OF SPRING. A soloist from the first English production of Igor Stravinsky s
BALLET: RITE OF SPRING. A soloist from the first English production of Igor Stravinskys ballet The Rite of Spring, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky, 1913

Italian ballet dancer Amalia Ferraris in the Ballet des Elfes at the Paris Opera, c1860 (colour litho)
6032449 Italian ballet dancer Amalia Ferraris in the Ballet des Elfes at the Paris Opera, c1860 (colour litho) by Alophe, Marie Alexandre (1812-83) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Anna Pavlova dancing Swan Lake
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) Russian ballet dancer photographed here in Swan Lake in 1920

Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev
Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias (1919-1991) British ballerina with Rudolph Nureyev (1938-1993) Russian ballet dancer in 1962 with Sir Frederick Ashton (1904-1988) British choreographer

DEGAS: DANCERS, c1877. Two dancers on stage. Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas, c1877

DEGAS: STAR, 1876-77. Edgar Degas: The Star or The Dancer on Stage. Pastel on paper, 1876-77

Anna Pavlova (1881 - 1931), Russian ballet dancer as the Dying Swan in a performance of Swan Lake'. Date: 1912

Ballerina & Snow
View from the Artists Window Romantic depiction of a young blonde ballerina looking at the snowy scene ouside

Anna Pavlova / Programme
ANNA PAVLOVA Russian ballet dancer

ballerina's back 2
Young beautiful ballerina is posing in studio. Alexander Yakovlev

A portrait of Anna Pavlova in her Swan Dance, 1923
A portrait of Anna Pavlova, the worlds greatest ballerina in her Swan Dance, 1923 Date: 1923

DEGAS: OPERA FOYER, 1872. Edgar Degas: Le foyer de la Danse a l Opera de la Rue le Peletier. Oil on canvas, 1872

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

Pantomime Characters, Commedia dell Arte - Clown, Harlequin, Columbine and Pantaloon. 19th century

Margot Fonteyn repairing her ballet shoes
Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), British ballet dancer, pictured at her Kensington home repairing her ballet shoes around the time she danced the role of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty at a Royal Command Gala

DEGAS: DANCER, 1881-83. Edgar Degas: Seated Dancer. Pastel on paper, 1881-83

Four ballerinas on a music sheet
Four ballerinas depicted on a music sheet, performing The Celebrated Pas de Quatre, composed by Jules Perrot, as danced at Her Majestys Theatre, London, on 12 July 1845

The Dance Class, 1873-74 (oil on canvas)
XOS1127595 The Dance Class, 1873-74 (oil on canvas) by Degas, Edgar (1834-1917); 83.5x77.2 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Class conducted by Jules Perrot)

Safrica-Art-Dance-Ballet
Dancers perform during a dress rehearsal for the ballet Giselle at the Johannesburg Theatre on April 7, 2016. Giselle, choreographed by French ballet dancers Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot

DEGAS: BLUE DANCERS, c1890. Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas

DEGAS: BALLET CLASS, c1880. A Ballet Class. Oil on canvas by Edgar Degas, c1880

Edward Seago and Alicia Markova
Edward Seago(1910 - 1974) painting the ballerina Alicia Markova as a Sylphide. An exhibition of Seagos ballet paintings was displayed at Carroll Carstairs Gallery in New York

Ballet in the dark
Pattanawit Suntiniwat

St. Petersburg, Russia; Ballet dancers onstage during the performance of Tchaikovskys ballet Swan
St.Petersburg, Russia; Ballet dancers onstage during the performance of Tchaikovskys ballet Swan Lake

Anna Pavlova / Rumney
ANNA PAVLOVA Russian ballet dancer on stage

TAMARA KARSAVINA (1885-1978). Russian ballerina, in the ballet, Petrushka, by Igor Stravinksy, 1911

Ballerinas in their dressing room
Ballet dancers prepare for a performance in their dressing room. One dancer is seen applying make up, while the feet of another await her silk ballet slippers. c.1947

Ballerina at class
Young beautiful ballet dancer is posing in studio. Alexander Yakovlev

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]

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

Anna Pavlova and Marius Petipa
Anna Pavlova (1881 -1931) elegantly striking a pose under the watchful eyes of her long running admirer the great Marius Petipa (1818 1910). Date: circa 1905

Margot Fonteyn
Dame Margot Fonteyn de Arias (1919-1991) British ballerina before marriage as Margaret Hookham in 1939

Galina Ulanova, Russian Ballerina as Giselle
Galina Ulanova (1910-1998), Russian Ballerina in the role of Giselle. Date: circa 1930s

Rudolf Nureyev during the press call for the Royal Ballets latest production Marguerite and Armand. March 1963

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

Advertising Poster for the Ballet dancer Anna Pavlova in the ballet Les sylphides by F. Chopin, 1909. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

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

Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, in Swan Lake. circa 1920s

EDGAR DEGAS: DANCER. Oil on canvas

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

Mary Honer, ballerina in Les Sylphides, Vic-Wells Ballet
Mary Honer, ballerina in Les Sylphides, The Vic-Wells Ballet, supplement to The Dancing Times, December 1937 Date: 1937

la Traviata in Pastels
Charlaine Gerber

Cover of Dance Magazine, April 1930 with an illustration of the Chicago ballet dancer Ruth Pryor y T. Currie-Bell Date: 1930

The ballerina Emilie Bigottini 1784-1858 dancing in the opera Nina, o sia la pazza per amore (Nina or the girl driven mad by love) by Giovanni Paisiello at the Opera Theatre, Paris, 1816

Two Dancers Resting (charcoal on paper)
LEF221020 Two Dancers Resting (charcoal on paper) by Degas, Edgar (1834-1917); 78x81 cm; Private Collection; Photo eLefevre Fine Art Ltd. London; French, out of copyright

Ballet de Papa Chrysanthme (Study for one of the featured dancers)
6359597 Ballet de Papa Chrysanthme (Study for one of the featured dancers), 1893 (oil on cardboard) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); 61x80.6 cm; Musee Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi

Advertising vignette for Champagne wines representing a couple dancing around a cup
AIS5371857 Advertising vignette for Champagne wines representing a couple dancing around a cup, 20th century (poster) by Nogues, Xavier (1873-1941); eIberfoto; Spanish, out of copyright

The day we went jumping in puddles
Kirsten A©Howard Ashton-Jones 2018. Howard Ashton-Jones

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

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

MELISSA HAYDEN (1923-2006). Canadian ballerina. Photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1956

A Ballet Dancer En Pointe
Chicago, Illinois: c. 1940. A ballet dancer performing en pointe

DEGAS: BEFORE BALLET, 1888. Edgar Degas: Before the Ballet. Canvas, 1888

DEGAS: FOUR DANCERS, c1899. Canvas

BALLET: FANCY FREE, c1970. Terry Orr and Ellen Everett performing in an American Ballet Theatre production of Fancy Free, choreographed by Jerome Robbins, c1970

Vera Zarina in George Marshalls The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
Vera Zarina

Ida Rubinstein (c. 1885-1960) as Zobeide in Scheherazade, c. 1910 (b / w photo)
CHT216989 Ida Rubinstein (c.1885-1960) as Zobeide in Scheherazade, c.1910 (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Tamara Karsavina, Russian ballerina and ballet teacher (b / w photo)
6032243 Tamara Karsavina, Russian ballerina and ballet teacher (b/w photo) by German Photographer (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tamara Karsavina (1885-1978)

Tatler cover - Tamara Karsavina
Tamara Karsavina (1885 - 1978), Russian ballet dancer, who, in 1919, at the time of this photograph, had been performing with the Russian Ballet at the Alhambra Theatre in London. Date: 1919

Margot and Rudolf in "Pelleas et Melisande". A photocall was held for the new
Margot and Rudolf in " Pelleas et Melisande". A photocall was held for the new Roland Petit ballet, " Pelleas et Melisande"

Young ballet dancer Zany Roxo pins a tiny posy of flowers on the Miss Valentinas dress. March 1953 D1202-001

Two Dancers By a Pond at Night

Swan Lake - Robert Helpmann and Margot Fonteyn
Ballet dancers Robert Helpmann (1909-1986) in the role of Prince Siegfried and Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) in the role of Odette in the finale of Swan Lake (Le Lac des Cygnes) at Royal Opera House

Marie Antoinette and her sisters in Il Trionfo dell Amore, performed
XIR365065 Marie Antoinette and her sisters in Il Trionfo dell Amore, performed on 25th January at Schoenbrunn Palace, 1765, 1778 (oil on canvas) by Weikert, Johann Georg (1745-99) (attr)

La Esmeralda : Carlotta Grisi (1819-99) & Jules Perrot (1810-92)d(coloured
BAL10587 La Esmeralda : Carlotta Grisi (1819-99) & Jules Perrot (1810-92)d(coloured litho) by Bouvier, Augustus Jules (1827-81); Private Collection; (add.info)

DEGAS: ARABESQUE, 1876-77. Edgar Degas: The end of the arabesque. Pastel on canvas, 1876-77

Ballerina Margot Fonteyn pictured as Giselle. October 1949. Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-91) British prima ballerina. Pres of the Royal Academy of Dancing (1954-91). DBE in 1956

Little Dancer, Aged 14 (polychrome bronze, muslin, satin and wood base) (b / w photo)
XIR155357 Little Dancer, Aged 14 (polychrome bronze, muslin, satin and wood base) (b/w photo) (see also 100777 and 100778) by Degas, Edgar (1834-1917); height: 97.8 cm; Musee d Orsay, Paris

Dame Margot Fonteyn with her husband Dr Roberto Arias who has not been out of hospital since he was shot and paralysed by a political adversary in Panama City last June

Marriage of Lydia Lopokova and John Maynard Keynes
The marriage of the famous ballerina, Lydia Lopokova and the well-known economist John Maynard Keynes at St. Pancras Register Office in 1925. Date: 1925

Ольга Павлова
Photographer

Dame Margot Fonteyn with her husband Dr Roberto Arias and his 16 year old son Roberto. Dr Arias has not been out of hospital since he was shot

In the Fairy Ring - Florence Mary Anderson
A group of small, fairy children and elves dance around a larger fairy ballerina - by Florence Mary Anderson. 1918

Ballerinas
Jukyong Park

Mystery
Agus Adriana

morning of the ballerina
Alexandr

The ballet's Sting
Alexandr

Dancer
Georgios Bero

In to the frame
Dekel Abu

interest
Alexandr

Best friend
Agus Adriana

the Takeoff
Alexandr

The Pride
Alexandr

Swaying Dancer (Dancer in Green), 1877. Creator: Edgar Degas
Swaying Dancer (Dancer in Green), 1877

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"Ballerina: Graceful Icons of the Dance World" Step into a world where elegance and artistry intertwine, as ballerinas captivate audiences with their ethereal movements. From the iconic performances of Anna Pavlova dancing Swan Lake to the mesmerizing partnership of Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev, these legendary dancers have left an indelible mark on ballet history. In Edgar Degas' masterpiece "The Star" or "The Dancer on Stage, " we glimpse into the enchanting world behind the curtains, where ballerinas transform into captivating characters from pantomime and Commedia dell Arte. Their delicate yet powerful expressions convey emotions that transcend words. As snowflakes gently fall in a winter wonderland, a ballerina gracefully twirls amidst this magical scene. The juxtaposition between fragility and strength is beautifully portrayed through her every move. Anna Pavlova's name echoes through time as she graces countless programmes with her extraordinary talent. Her portrait in her iconic Swan Dance transports us to a realm where grace meets vulnerability, leaving spectators breathless. Degas' brushstrokes come alive once more in his depiction of two dancers on stage. Through vibrant colors and meticulous details, he captures both the physicality and poetry inherent in ballet. In darkness, ballet takes on an entirely different allure - silhouettes moving effortlessly against dimly lit backdrops create an atmosphere filled with mystery and intrigue, and is here that dancers truly shine brightest. Degas' painting "Dancers, Pink and Green" showcases his fascination with capturing moments backstage - a glimpse into Margot Fonteyn repairing her ballet shoes reveals dedication beyond measure. These seemingly mundane tasks are essential components of creating magic onstage. Ballerinas embody beauty personified; they are vessels for dreams made tangible through dance. With each graceful leap and pirouette, they transport us to realms unknown - where artistry and passion intertwine, leaving an everlasting impression on our hearts.