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On pointe or not on pointe?
In Amsterdam, in the early 19th century, dance and drama flourished. The theatre, the Schouwburg, housed both a drama and a ballet company. The French dancer, Marie Polly Cuninghame (1785-1837), who had studied with Pierre Gardel, was immensely popular. She became known, through marriage, as Polly de Heus gracing the Schouwburg stage from 1801 until Read more
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Vincent van Gogh – The Dance Hall
Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890) needs no introduction; he has become a household name. This Dutch post-impressionist painter created more than two thousand paintings and drawings. Exceedingly famous is his superb The Starry Night where the stars magically appear to sparkle. More down to earth is The Potato Eaters, a stark picture of peasant Read more
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Salome – Exotic, Seductive and Notorious
19th century Paris. Orientalism is booming. The paintings of Eugène Delacriox and Jean-Léon Gérôme introduce Paris to the mysterious and fascinating world of the exotic dancer. This unconventional woman, playfully navigating her veils, in turn concealing then revealing her body, captures the imagination of society and the arts. Interest in Salome is rekindled. In 1864, Read more
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Salome – Dancing in the Low Countries
If the innumerable images of the illustrious dancing Salome, produced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and the acrobatic images, sculptures and carvings created in the late middle-ages are momentarily set aside, then we are left with comparatively few images of Salome actually dancing. Italian Renaissance artists, Giotto, Fra Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, Read more
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Salome dancing – prints and glass
Salome, the name alone, conjures up images of an alluring young woman whose beguiling dance incited the beheading of John the Baptist. The narrative of Herod’s banquet appears in the New Testament, in the books of Mark and Matthew. Salome is not named in either book; the dancing girl is identified as ‘the daughter of Read more
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The Egg Dance – from tavern to tavern
A kissing couple, a monk fondling a tankard, a musician playing a vedel, a woman with a pot on her head, a kermesse and church procession all form the decor for Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s portrayal of an egg dancer. The Egg Dancer, from around 1620, shows, contrary to many other images of an egg Read more
14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century Adriaen Brouwer Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne Adriaen van Ostade Albrecht Dürer Alma-Tadema Anthonie Palamedesz. art Arthurian Legends Bal des Ardents ballet Bergen School Bernard Picart Burgundian Court CoBrA Constant Cornelis Dusart Cornelis Massijs dance Dance around the Golden Calf dancers David Ryckaert III David Teniers the Younger David Vinckboons De Stijl Egg dance Else Berg Erhard Schön Frans Francken II Frans Hals Frans Huysmans George Hendrik Breitner Gertrud Leistikow Gillis Mostaert Haarlem Hans Bol Hans Vredeman de Vries Harmen Meurs Henri Braakensiek Herman Bieling Hieronymus Bosch Hieronymus Francken the Younger illuminated manuscript Isaac Israels Isaac van Ostade Jacob Grimmer Jacob Savery I Jacobus van Looy Jan Brueghel the Elder Jan Mandijn & followers Jan Miense Molenaer Jan Sierhuis Jan Sluijters Jan Steen Jan Toorop Jean-Baptiste Vanmour Jean de Wavrin Jean Froissart Karel Appel Karel van Mander Kees Maks Kees van Dongen Leo Gestel Loyset Liédet Maarten van Heemskerck Maastricht Hours Marius Bauer Marten van Cleve Mommie Schwarz Mondrian Paolo Fiammingo/Pauwels Franck Pieter Aertsen Pieter Balten/Peeter Baltens Pieter Bruegel the Elder Pieter Brueghel the Younger Pieter Codde Pieter de Bloot Pieter van der Borcht Pieter van der Heyden Piet Mondrian Piet van der Hem Romance of Alexander Roman de la Rose Rothschild Canticles Salome Sebald Beham Simon Bening Tango Theo van Doesburg Toer van Schayk Vilmos Huszár Vincent van Gogh Willem de Zwart
About me
As a young aspiring dancer I loved to ponder over the magnificent paintings created by Edgar Degas. How his ballerinas inspired me. The atmosphere of the Paris Opera, the beautiful tutus and the hard working dancers never failed to trigger my imagination. As the years past, I retained my love of dance, of Degas, of art, and developed an interest in knowing more about the cross fertilization between art and dance.
DANCE IMAGES IN THE ART OF THE NETHERLANDS 