Adeline Genée (1878-1970) was a Danish ballerina and founder-president of the Royal Academy of Dance. At the age of three she started taking dancing lessons from her uncle Alexander Genée and his...
decade » 1890s
In his own training Petipa combined elements of both French and Italian traditions. From this heritage he did much not only to create the Russian school from which his great ballets flowed, but also...
Grace Note » Fin de Siecle: Sargent and Madame X
Madame X scandalised late 19th Century Parisienne society by being painted with a slipped shoulder strap. Yet only a few years later Isadora Duncan danced in diaphanous dresses to great acclaim. More...